With the accelerating development of borehole heat exchanger technology with ground source heat pumps, new types of design are being explored due to the potential for better heat exchange between the rockmass and the borehole heat exchanger.
For heating/cooling systems above 40 kW, it is important to design the lower heat source correctly. The geoenergetics analysis takes into account the parameters of the heat/cooling consumer, so that the depth of the boreholes, the distances between them and the design of the borehole exchangers can be determined as required.
The borehole heat exchanger thermal response test is very important in the context of correctly determining the effective thermal conductivity of the drilled rock profile, borehole thermal resistance, the specific power exchanged with the rock mass and the average borehole temperature.
