• DocumentCode
    666023
  • Title

    Reduction of electrical load for air conditioning by electronically controlled geothermal energy

  • Author

    De Nardin, C. ; Fernandes, F.T. ; Longo, Antonella ; Cunha, S. ; Lima, L.P. ; Farret, Felix Alberto ; Ferranti, E.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Center of Studies in Energy & Power Syst., Fed. Univ. of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    10-13 Nov. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1850
  • Lastpage
    1855
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the design steps of a geothermal system for air conditioning to reduce electricity consumption in residential and small business ambient. To do that it is used surface geothermal energy as one of the heating sources. The geothermal surface is renewable, clean, universal, silent and odorless relying on the circulation of a refrigerant within a pipe hose buried with the aid of a very small size pump, so that the earth absorbs heat in the summer and supplies it to the rooms in the winter. There is a controlled exchange of heat between the one removed from the grounds by a water circulating radiator and a room ventilation system. That is, if the temperature inside the building is above the earth temperature it will tend to level off the temperature with that from ground. A prototype of heat exchanger and electronic control system without any heat pump was built using a hill climbing algorithm to optimize the water pump speed and this heat exchanging system.
  • Keywords
    air conditioning; geothermal power stations; heat exchangers; pipes; power consumption; pumps; refrigerants; ventilation; air conditioning; electrical load; electricity consumption reduction; electronically controlled geothermal energy system; heat exchanging system; heating source; hill climbing algorithm; pipe hose; refrigerant; room ventilation system; water circulating radiator; water pump speed; Hoses; Land surface temperature; Soil; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Water heating; electrical energy saving; electronic MPPT; geothermal conditioning; superficial geothermic;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • ISSN
    1553-572X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IECON.2013.6699413
  • Filename
    6699413