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Ground-Source Heat Pumps In Ireland: Heat Transfer Experimentation For The Design And Modelling Of A Sub-Slab Installation., Sarah O'Connell
Ground-Source Heat Pumps In Ireland: Heat Transfer Experimentation For The Design And Modelling Of A Sub-Slab Installation., Sarah O'Connell
Theses
Ground-source heat pump technology is currently undergoing rapid growth in Ireland. Three aspects of ground-source heat pumps have been studied in this thesis. The market expansion taking place in Ireland, heat transfer from the soil to the pipe of a ground- source heat pump collector, and the design of an innovative sub-slab ground-source heat pump system.
Initial investigations into the use of ground-source heat pumps in Ireland revealed surprising growth in the use of the technology. There have been approximately 1500 systems installed mainly since 2000. The ground-source heat pump market in Ireland has an estimated annual growth rate of …