Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Housing Ground Source Heat Pump Elements through Laboratory Modelling
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- Overall description of how the structure of a 1:2 scaled laboratory model for a wet swale responds under a range of temperatures (20 up to 50 °C) and consequent performance of the GSHP system;
- Development of behavioral models for the vertical and inlet/outlet temperature difference within the wet swale structure.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials and Experimental Set-Up
2.2. Experimental Methodology
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Vertical Temperature Variation
3.2. Horizontal Thermal Variation
3.3. General Discussions and Future Research Directions
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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T (°C) | Sensor | Behavioral Model | R2 | Absolute Error (%) | Relative Error (%) | RMS Error (%) |
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20 | RTD1 | 0.9845 | 15.0618 | 0.1967 | 0.6867 | |
RTD2 | 0.9842 | 13.9469 | 0.1775 | 0.6359 | ||
RTD3 | 0.9919 | 9.6283 | 0.1252 | 0.4390 | ||
RTD4 | 0.9025 | 7.1694 | 0.0989 | 0.3269 | ||
30 | RTD1 | 0.9996 | 6.5708 | 0.0762 | 0.2996 | |
RTD2 | 0.9981 | 11.5799 | 0.1306 | 0.5280 | ||
RTD3 | 0.9986 | 8.5591 | 0.0987 | 0.3902 | ||
RTD4 | 0.9986 | 9.5416 | 0.1241 | 0.4350 | ||
40 | RTD1 | 0.9954 | 29.8053 | 0.3278 | 1.3590 | |
RTD2 | 0.9969 | 29.6266 | 0.3093 | 1.3508 | ||
RTD3 | 0.9991 | 14.2437 | 0.1580 | 0.6494 | ||
RTD4 | 0.9991 | 25.3249 | 0.3296 | 1.1547 | ||
50 | RTD1 | 0.9989 | 26.1399 | 0.2658 | 1.1918 | |
RTD2 | 0.9981 | 34.9741 | 0.3380 | 1.5947 | ||
RTD3 | 0.9981 | 16.8782 | 0.1753 | 0.7695 | ||
RTD4 | 0.9914 | 26.8387 | 0.3474 | 1.2237 |
Temperature (°C) | Behavioral Model | R2 |
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20 | 0.9657 | |
30 | 0.9968 | |
40 | 0.9997 | |
50 | 0.9308 |
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Rey-Mahía, C.; Sañudo-Fontaneda, L.A.; Andrés-Valeri, V.C.; Álvarez-Rabanal, F.P.; Coupe, S.J.; Roces-García, J. Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Housing Ground Source Heat Pump Elements through Laboratory Modelling. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3118. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113118
Rey-Mahía C, Sañudo-Fontaneda LA, Andrés-Valeri VC, Álvarez-Rabanal FP, Coupe SJ, Roces-García J. Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Housing Ground Source Heat Pump Elements through Laboratory Modelling. Sustainability. 2019; 11(11):3118. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113118
Chicago/Turabian StyleRey-Mahía, Carlos, Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda, Valerio C. Andrés-Valeri, Felipe Pedro Álvarez-Rabanal, Stephen John Coupe, and Jorge Roces-García. 2019. "Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Housing Ground Source Heat Pump Elements through Laboratory Modelling" Sustainability 11, no. 11: 3118. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113118