[Bldg-sim] Underground Water Tank Heat Transfer

[David Bradley]

Jon,
  We've done a good bit of simulation work along those lines using 
TRNSYS. I'm not aware of any dedicated simplified tools for that purpose.
Best,
 David


Jon Bruneau wrote:
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> I'd like to estimate the rate of heat transfer between an underground 
> water storage tank and the surrounding earth.  Basically, water would 
> be pumped out of the tank through a coil and returned to the tank.  
> The system would function like a groundwater source heat pump with two 
> big differences:
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> 1.  the system will use a tank instead of vertical wells so there will 
> be much less transfer area/volume of water
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> 2.  the tank is enclosed, water will not be drawn from the water table
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> Does anyone know of a study or software that would estimate the rate 
> of heat transfer between the tank's walls and the surrounding earth?
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> Thanks,
> Jon
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> *Jon Bruneau, PE, LEED AP BD+C*
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> */Mechanical Engineer/*
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