Fundamentals of Geothermal Heat Pump Systems: Design and Application is written for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in renewable energy and heat transfer.
Louis Lamarche, Ph.D., has been a professor since 1989, working in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and geothermal systems. He is currently a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal. He received his Bachelor’s degree from École Polytechnique de Montréal, his Master’s degree from the California Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Innehållsförteckning
Geothermal Energy.- Heat Transfer Fundamentals and Building Loads.- Introduction to Heat Pumps.- Ground Heat Exchanger Modeling Outside the Borehole.- Ground Heat Exchanger Modeling Inside the Borehole.- Design of Secondary Loop Ground-Source Systems.- Pumping Energy.- Introduction to Commercial Buildings Applications.- Thermal Response Tests (TRT).- Horizontal Ground Heat Exchanger.- Groundwater Ground Heat Exchangers.- Economic Analysis.- Advanced Topics in GSHP Analysis.- Appendix A: Heat Pump Performance Ratings.- Appendix B: DR-Nominal Sizes.- Appendix C: Hardy-Cross Method.- Appendix D: Python Libraries.