A Study on a Design and Performance Prediction Tool for the Ground Source Heat Pump System : Part1-Development of a Design and Performance Prediction Tool for the GSHP System with a Single Borehole Ground Heat Exchanger

Abstract

These studies aim at development a design and performance prediction tool for the ground source heat pump system. This paper constitutes Part1 in the series of these studies. Authors described the outline and features of the tool developed for the GSHP system with a borehole ground heat exchanger. In addition, performance prediction of the GSHP system for a resident house in Sapporo was performed and installation effect was estimated by the developed tool. A result of calculations shows that the GSHP system can reduce 56% of LCCO_2 compared to the oil boiler heating system.