A Review of Ground Source Heat Pump Application for Space Cooling in Southeast Asia

Sorranat Ratchawang, Srilert Chotpantarat, Sasimook Chokchai, Isao Takashima, Youhei Uchida and Punya Charusiri
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Sorranat Ratchawang: International Postgraduate Program in Hazardous Substance and Environmental Management, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Srilert Chotpantarat: Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Sasimook Chokchai: Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Isao Takashima: The Mining Museum, Graduate School of Engineering and Resource Science, Akita University, 1-1 Tegatagakuen-machi, Akita 010-8502, Japan
Youhei Uchida: Renewable Energy Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama-shi, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
Punya Charusiri: Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-18

Abstract: Ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems have been used worldwide in buildings because of their advantages of highly efficient performance in terms of energy and environment for space cooling and heating; however, cooling demand is predominant in tropical climates. This paper reviews of the GSHP systems applications in Southeast Asia; several applications of GSHP in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam have been addressed. Experiments were initiated in 2006 in Kamphaengphet; the latest experiment found in the Scopus searching tool is the GSHP simulation in Kuantan in 2019 using EnergyPlus using the ground loop design software. GSHP systems have the potential to be used in Southeast Asia despite the dominance of cooling demand, leading to a thermal imbalance within the subsurface. This imbalance can reduce the performance of the system; however, groundwater flow is considered as a key factor in preventing the effect of thermal distribution owing to GSHP operation. These results suggest that the GSHP has the potential to reduce emissions and electricity consumption within areas having tropical climates, such as Southeast Asia, for sustainability and future generation.

Keywords: energy saving; ground source heat pump; Southeast Asia; space cooling; subsurface temperature; coefficient of performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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