Geothermal Heating and cooling is the future of the HVAC industry.
What is a ground source heat pump?
Ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) are electrically powered systems that tap the stored energy of the greatest solar collector in existence: the earth. These systems use the earth's relatively constant temperature to provide heating, cooling, and hot water for homes and commercial buildings.
How do ground source heat pumps work?
Ground source heat pumps can be categorized as having closed or open loops, and those loops can be installed in three ways: horizontally, vertically, or in a pond/lake. The type chosen depends on the available land areas and the soil and rock type at the installation site. These factors will help determine the most economical choice for installation of the ground loop. For closed loop systems, water or antifreeze solution is circulated through plastic pipes buried beneath the earth's surface.During the winter, the fluid collects heat from the earth and carries it through the system and into the building.
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During the summer, the system reverses itself to cool the building by pulling heat from the building, carrying it through the system and placing it in the ground. This process creates free hot water in the summer and delivers substantial hot water savings in the winter. Open loop systems operate on the same principle as closed loop systems and can be installed where an adequate supply of suitable water is available and open discharge is feasible. Benefits similar to the closed loop system are obtained. The global energy situation is overshadowed by the fact that oil and gas reserves will only last for a further 70 years for gas and 40 years for oil, if current developments continue, and these reserves mainly lie in politically unstable regions. Renewable energy sources and energy efficiency is therefore crucial to achieve secure energy supplies, climate protection, energy efficiency and cost stability.
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The utilisation of natural energy with heat pumps continues to gain in importance. They reduce the proportion of fossil energy consumed that is required to generate the power used.
Many countries in Europe now have implemented mandatory use of geothermal for heating and cooling systems.
There are many bad geothermal systems in operation, many have tried open well, shallow well, ponds, large coils at moderate depths without great success.
We have done something a little different, drilling 1500 foot wells and building shell and tube closed loop geothermal system with Florida Heat pumps. This system is providing COP of over 5 almost constantly. Temperature we are pulling from well with Wilo Stratos ECM Technology pump is on average over 50 degrees Fahrenheit even during January & February temperatures, requiring no backup from solar or fossil fuel burning boiler.
This is not a inexpensive system, but if you take the investment of geo and spread it out over the term of the mortgage, cost in very minimal payback is approx, 5-6 years at current fuel prices.
Many people don’t look at operational cost of homes, well today it is very significant.
Electrical and fuel cost for a 3200 square foot home can be $5-6000.00 annually, depending on building envelope.
Geothermal can do two things, reduce operating cost of home and reduce carbon emissions in our atmosphere.
Geothermal systems with very unique wells to the industry. 1500 foot wells with shell and tube heat exchangers built in them, producing no less than 46 degrees on the coldest days of the year. We used Florida water to water heat pumps with Stadler Quick Trac radiant floor heating, Florida water to air heat pumps along with Wilo Stratos pumps to move water through large shell and tube we built in the ground.
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11/09
Concentric geothermal well being brought into home
Falmouth water furnace Envision geothermal heat pump water to air
Geothermal concentric well Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Gange Geothermal WaterFurnace Install
Geothermal Well Being Drilled
Radiant side of Geothermal with Wilo pump, reheat tank of air handler and domestic hot water tank, Honeywell controls
2 pipe being installed in
closed loop geothermal system
Geothermal 1500 concentric well pulling 57 degree water on February 1st sending back 45 very high COP
Geothermal concentric well install
Geothermal piping, water to water heat pump by Florida Heat pump, Heat-Flo buffer tank, Stratos pumps
Geothermal radiant controls by Honeywell and Taco with Heat flo buffer tank, Wilo Stratos pump
Geothermal radiant header with
Stadler pex tubing to Climate panel
Geothermal system on 1500 foot concentric well, Wilo stratos pumps, vitodens DHW backup
Geothermal well heat exchanger
being installed
Police department new roof and American Standard roof tops
Water to air heat pump
Seadog Brewery
Florida Heat Pump Water to Air
at Seadog Brewery
Water to Air Heat pump SeaDog
Brewery with Spiral duct
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