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@inproceedings{Provost:2025,
author = {Provost, A and Sanchez, Fernandez J and Sapin, P and Taborda, D},
publisher = {ISSMGE},
title = {An approach for including heat pump performance in the design of thermo-active piles},
year = {2025}
}
TY - CPAPER
AB - The focus on sustainable built environment has grown with the drive for net-zero. The use of pile foundations and other geotechnical structures as ground heat exchangers (GHEs) is key to unlocking the economic viability of ground-source energy systems (GSESs) in dense urban areas. However, current design procedures characterise the performance of GHEs under a given temperature or heat flux, which consider the heat exchanger in isolation from the rest of the GSES. This study proposes a new method to assess the thermal performance of GHEs based on the electricity consumption of the heat pump byintroducing explicitly a model describing its performance based on operating temperatures. This general method is applied to a thermo-active pile, providing insights into the impact of pile diameter and length
AU - Provost,A
AU - Sanchez,Fernandez J
AU - Sapin,P
AU - Taborda,D
PB - ISSMGE
PY - 2025///
TI - An approach for including heat pump performance in the design of thermo-active piles
ER -
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