Title of article :
Numerical simulation, technical and economic evaluation of air-to-earth heat exchanger coupled to a building
Author/Authors :
M. Bojic، نويسنده , , N. Trifunovic، نويسنده , , G. Papadakis، نويسنده , , S. Kyritsis، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
Abstract :
An air-to-earth heat exchanger (ATEHE) consists of pipes buried in soil. We have evaluated the technical and economic performance of an ATEHE coupled to the system for heating or cooling of a building that uses 100% fresh air as heating or cooling medium during winter and summer. The soil is divided into elementary layers. The problem solved, is non stationary; however, steady state-energy equations are used for soil layers in each time step. It is found that the use of the ATEHE covers a portion of the daily building needs for space heating or cooling. The cost of the ATEHE energy is lower for summer than for winter.