Soil characteristic study to improve heat conductivity capability in ground heat exchanger

Aizzuddin, A. M. and Asrudin, A. A. and Taib, M. Y. and Azmi, W. H. (2022) Soil characteristic study to improve heat conductivity capability in ground heat exchanger. In: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering; 6th International Conference in Mechanical Engineering Research, ICMER 2021 , 26 - 27 October 2021 , Virtual, Online. 707 -719.. ISSN 2195-4356 ISBN 978-981-19-1457-7

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Abstract

The use of vapor compression air conditioning has contributed to the global warming effect by increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Renewable energy from geothermal sources, specifically ground heat exchangers (GHE), has great potential in building applications. The underlying concept of pipe called GHE utilises the ground as an unlimited thermal reservoir for cooling and heating purposes. Because of the temperature differences between underground and surrounding air, the air in the underground cools in the summer and warms in the winter. Thermal conductivity of the ground or soil is among a parameter that contribute to the GHE’s performance. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of hybrid soils without moisture on the performance of the GHE system. The hybrid soils consist of two elements, which are native soil with three grain sizes and bentonite. The native soil grain sizes are 0.154–0355 mm, 0.355–0.6 mm, and 0.6–1 mm. Bentonite has been introduced into all native soil grain sizes, which ranges from 0 to 100%. The native soil and bentonite were mixed consistently, and the thermal conductivity was measured by using a thermal property analyzer device. The study shows that the grain size 0.6–1 mm of native soil has the highest thermal conductivity at 20% bentonite, which is 0.269 W/m K compared to other grain sizes. The performance of the GHE system was evaluated based on simulation of mathematical model which shows that pipe length of 16 m gives significant effect of temperature reduction. In short, the performance of GHE has increased once the thermal conductivity of hybrid soil increased.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bentonite; GHE performance; Hybrid soil; Thermal conductivity
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Faculty/Division:	Institute of Postgraduate Studies College of Engineering
Depositing User:	Mrs Norsaini Abdul Samat
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2022 06:25
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2022 06:25
URI:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35348
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