TY - JOUR ID - 21731 TI - A simplified analytical model for predicting the heating performance of single U-tube underground heat exchangers JO - Scientia Iranica JA - SCI LA - en SN - 1026-3098 AU - Mohammadian Korouyeh, M. AU - Saidi, M. H. AU - Najafi, M. AU - Aghanajafi, C. AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran AD - Center of Excellence in Energy Conversion (CEEC), School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, P.O. Box 11155-9567, Iran AD - School of Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 28 IS - 2 SP - 847 EP - 859 KW - Borehole KW - Green's function KW - Underground heat exchanger KW - Heat transfer rate KW - Entropy generation number DO - 10.24200/sci.2020.52905.2945 N2 - In underground U-tube heat exchangers (boreholes) it is important to predict its heating performance to design and select the proper parameters such as length, diameter, material etc. to have an optimized borehole from the point of view of heat capacity and economical aspects. For this reason, having trusty equations is vital to foresee borehole heating performance and applying it in design issues. In this study a single vertical U-tube borehole with constant wall temperature is considered and analytical equations for temperature distribution in the surrounding ground around the borehole is evaluated based on one and two dimensional heat conduction respectively. The analytical equation is compared to experimental data for a borehole with 50 m depth in which warm water of 40 C is pumped into it a time period of 120 hours and the heat transfer rate per unit length is recorded. The comparison between analytical expression and experimental data shows a good agreement between them. Also the borehole entropy generation number is studied and the optimized parameters are evaluated to minimize it. It is concluded that for the considered borehole, entropy generation number is decreased by increasing its length and by decreasing the borehole radius and pipe outer radius. UR - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_21731.html L1 - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_21731_b9064c121a9c376c1b3c669e109d4b6b.pdf ER -