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Title An attempt to increase the performance of a climatizing system using water from boreholes, in an old building
Authors Duque, Pascoal
Year 2013
Conference European Geothermal Conference
Keywords Heat flow, transport conditions, heat transfer, temperature fluctuations, old building.
Abstract This paper shows part of a broader work made with the aim of studying a climatizing system of an old building. We studied the influence of the temperature variations at the surface, to the temperatures measured in the holes and we conclude that at 0.7 m depth (depth where the pipes are buried) the diurnal variations can be neglected but seasonal temperature variations affect the temperature measured in the holes. We made also a model for the flow and temperature of the fluid in the pipes. Temperatures versus radius of the pipes were obtained for a winter day and a summer day at several distances of the holes. Water temperature in the hole at 30 m depth is 19°C. With this study we cam say that the temperature of the water in the pipes is influence by air temperatures and a more detailed study must be done in order to increase the efficiency of the system.
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