Seasonal cooling performance of a ground-coupled heat pump system in a hot and arid climate

Mustafa İnallı and Hikmet Esen

Renewable Energy, 2005, vol. 30, issue 9, 1411-1424

Abstract: The goal of the present study is to validate the cooling performance of a ground-coupled heat pump system established in Fırat University, Elazığ (38.41°N, 39.14°E), Turkey. The cooling load of the test room was 3.1kW at design conditions. The experimental results were obtained from June to September in cooling season of 2003. The ground heat exchanger was used, and it was buried with in 2m depth trench. The average cooling performance coefficient of the system (COPoverall) was obtained to be 2.01. The results obtained from experimental measurement showed that these systems could be used safely, reliably and efficiently at the lowest possible cost for Elazığ, Turkey climatic conditions. Especially, the seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER) of this system is moderate at longer-term testing.

Keywords: Ground-coupled heat pump; Space cooling; Horizontal heat exchanger; Coefficient of performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2004.10.015

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