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Jon,<br>
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.<br>
Best,<br>
David<br>
<br>
<br>
Jon Bruneau wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. the system will use a tank instead of
vertical wells
so there will be much less transfer area/volume of water<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. the tank is enclosed, water will not be
drawn from
the water table<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<br>
Jon<o:p></o:p></p>
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