On the design of earth-water heat exchangers for ventilation systems in buildings

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De Paepe, M.
T'Joen, C.
Janssens, A.
Steeman, M.

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International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Turkey, 19-21 July, 2010.
In this paper a design methodology is proposed for earth­water heat exchangers. These systems are emerging as an alternative to the well known earth-air heat exchangers for passive houses. Earth-air heat exchangers are often used for passive cooling means of ventilation air. As an alternative earth-water systems are now starting to get used, as they offer a lot of advantages . Up till now no clear design methodology has been proposed. In this paper a methodology is developed based on optimizing thermal performance in relation to pressure drop.

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Earth-water heat exchanger

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De Paepe, M, T'Joen, C, Janssens, A & Steeman, M 2010, 'On the design of earth-water heat exchangers for ventilation systems in buildings', Paper presented to the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Turkey, 19-21 July 2010.