Effect of buried depth on thermal performance of a vertical U-tube underground heat exchanger

Many researchers numerically investigated U-tube underground heat exchanger using a two-dimensional simplified pipe. However, a simplified model results in large errors compared to the data from construction sites. This research is carried out using a three-dimensional full-size model. A model valid...

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Autores principales: Yang Li, Zhang Bo, Klemeš Jiří Jaromír, Liu Jie, Song Meiyu, Wang Jin
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Publicado: De Gruyter 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/45d0205a43ba407fa4d74ab95e92c231
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Sumario:Many researchers numerically investigated U-tube underground heat exchanger using a two-dimensional simplified pipe. However, a simplified model results in large errors compared to the data from construction sites. This research is carried out using a three-dimensional full-size model. A model validation is conducted by comparing with experimental data in summer. This article investigates the effects of fluid velocity and buried depth on the heat exchange rate in a vertical U-tube underground heat exchanger based on fluid–structure coupled simulations. Compared with the results at a flow rate of 0.4 m/s, the results of this research show that the heat transfer per buried depth at 1.0 m/s increases by 123.34%. With the increase of the buried depth from 80 to 140 m, the heat transfer per unit depth decreases by 9.72%.