1st Edition
Heating and Cooling with Ground-Source Heat Pumps in Moderate and Cold Climates, Two-Volume Set
Heating and Cooling with Ground-Source Heat Pumps in Moderate and Cold Climates, Two-Volume Set focuses on the use of very low-temperature geothermal energy for heating and cooling residential, institutional, and industrial buildings, and aims to increase the design community’s awareness and knowledge of the benefits, design, and installation requirements of commercial/institutional building ground-source heat pumps (GSHP). This set helps readers assess applicability, select a GSHP system type, and estimate building thermal load to ensure proper size for ground-source subsystems, appropriate brine and groundwater flow rates, and apt design of building closed-loops with distributed or central geothermal heat pumps.
The first volume addresses fundamentals and design principles of vertical and horizontal indirect and direct expansion closed-loop, as well as ground- and surface-water ground-source heat pump systems. It explains the thermodynamic aspects of mechanical and thermochemical compression cycles of geothermal heat pumps, as well as the energetic, economic, and environmental aspects associated with the use of ground-source heat pump systems for heating and cooling residential and commercial/institutional buildings in moderate and cold climates. The second volume focuses on applications and cases studies of ground-source heat pumps in moderate and cold climates. It details technical aspects, as well as the most common and uncommon application fields of basic system configurations. The principles of system integrations and applications in moderate and cold climates are also presented, each followed by case studies.
This comprehensive work is aimed at designers of HVAC systems, as well as geological, mechanical, and chemical engineers implementing environmentally-friendly heating and cooling technologies for buildings.
Volume 1: Heating and Cooling with Ground-Source Heat Pumps in Moderate and Cold Climates: Fundamentals and Design Principles.
1. Introduction. 2. Outlook for Building Heating and Cooling Loads, and Simulation Tools. 3. Conventional Building HVAC Systems. 4. Geothermal Energy Resources. 5. Ground/Soil Types and Thermo-Physical Properties. 6. Determination of Ground/Soil Effective Thermal Conductivity. 7. Classifications of Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 8. Geothermal Heat Pumps. 9. Refrigerant-to-Air Condensers. 10. Air-to-Refrigerant Evaporators. 11. Closed-Loop (Indirect, Secondary Fluid) Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 12. Vertical Closed-Loop (Indirect, Secondary Fluid) Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 13. Heat Transfer. 14. Horizontal Closed-Loop (Indirect, Secondary Fluid) Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 15. Closed-Loop Direct Expansion (Mono-Fluid) Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 16. Closed-Loop Vertical Thermo-Syphon Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 17. Open-Loop Groundwater Heat Pump Systems. 18. Open-Loop, and Dual- and Multiple-Well Groundwater Heat Pump Systems. 19. Open-Loop Single-Well (Standing Column) Groundwater Heat Pump Systems. 20. Surface Water Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 21. Advantages and Limitations of Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 22. Future R&D Requirements.
Volume 2: Heating and Cooling with Ground-Source Heat Pumps in Moderate and Cold Climates: Applications and Cases Studies.
1. Introduction. 2. Vertical Closed-Loop (Indirect, Secondary Fluid) Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 3. Horizontal Closed-Loop (Indirect, Secondary Fluid) Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 4. Open-Loop Multi-Well Groundwater Heat Pump Systems. 5. Open-Loop, Single Well (Standing Column) Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 6. Horizontal Closed-Loop Direct Expansion Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 7. Vertical Direct Expansion Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 8. Closed-Loop Vertical Thermo-Syphon Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 9. Municipal Water–Based Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 10. Municipal Sewage–Based Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 11. Building Energy Foundation–Based Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 12. Solar-Assisted Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 13. Snow Melting Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 14. Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems for Low-Energy Buildings. 15. Mine Water Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems. 16. District Heating and Cooling Geothermal Systems. 17. Hybrid Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems.
Biography
Vasile Minea is a PhD graduate of civil, industrial and agricultural installation engineering from the Bucharest Technical Construction University, Romania. He worked as a professor at that university for more than 15 years, teaching courses such as HVAC systems for civil, agricultural, and industrial buildings, as well as thermodynamics, heat transfer, and refrigeration. During this period, his R&D works focused on heat exchangers, heat pump and heat recovery systems, development and experimentation of advanced compression-absorption/ resorption heat pumps concepts, as well as on the usage of solar energy for comfort cooling processes and industrial cold and ice production. Since 1987, Dr. Minea has been working as a scientist researcher at the Hydro-Québec Research Institute, Canada. His research activity mainly focuses on residential and commercial HVAC systems, industrial refrigeration, geothermal heat pump systems, heat recovery technologies, low-enthalpy power generation cycles, and heat pump drying.
