ground source heat pumps
Unglazed Solar Collectors in Heat Pump Systems: Measurement, Simulation and Dimensioning
This is a paper presented by a group of German researchers during EUROSUN 2008 International Congress on Heating, Cooling and Buildings held in Lisbon, Portugal. Addressing the use of heat pump systems with boreholes together with solar thermal collectors, their project - „Unglazed Solar Collectors in Heat Pump Systems: System Concept and Dimensioning” – is linked with Task 44 of the International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Programme.
Review of Technical Information on Renewable Heat Technologies (2011)
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change commissioned this report to the consultancy AEA Technology.
The report analyses the technical costs of four heating technologies: air source heat pumps (ASHP); ground source heat pumps (GSHP); solar thermal and biomass.
The objective is to better understand these technologies in order to prepare the review process of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme. The Renewable Heat Incentive went live in 2010 and it should be reviewed every four years.
Geothermal Heat Pumps and Solar Thermal Hybrid Systems (2007)
This document was prepared by Steven Forrester for DMA Engineering and discusses the problems with Geothermal (Ground Source Heat Pumps) and offers a solution. Use solar thermal in correlation with geothermal in a hybrid model.
The advantages of a hybrid model are that both systems are renewable energy systems, both do not use fossil fuels at the point of use, and there is outstanding synergy between the two technologies maximizing efficiency during summer and winter seasons.
