[TRNSYS-users] Horizontal pipe array

[Javier LLorente Yoldi]

Hello everybody,
 
I would like to model an horizontal pipe array. Currently, I'm using the
Type 556, "Horizontal Ground-Coupled Heat Exchanger" from the TESS
libraries.
 
When using this model, I can get to know the amount of heat transferred
from the pipe to the ground. However, I can't model the influence caused
by other pipes placed close to it, I mean I can only study the
performance of 1 pipe. But the fact is that the influence of the other
pipes reduces the efficiency of the heat transfer and there is some
difference when studying 8 pipes altogether than when studying 8 pipes
isolated. 


So, I guess if someone could help me with this, as most of the systems
are constituted by parallel pipes.
 
Thanks a lot.

 

Bye

 

Javier

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