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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Hi everybody,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I’m trying to model an horizontal
pipe array (equivalent to the one used for a heat pump), by using the Type 556 =
detailed buried pipe(from the TESS library).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>With that, we can get the heat transfer
from the pipe to the ground, but we can’t model the “interference”
caused by the nearby pipes (in our case we have 10 parallel pipes spaced by 250
mm), reducing the efficiency of the heat transfer (compared to 10 isolated pipes
in the ground).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-GB>My question is</span></u><span
lang=EN-GB> : <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Has someone already made a model of an
horizontal pipe array constituted by <u>parallel arrays</u> <b>or</b> tried to
modify the type 556 for this aim?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>François Badinier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#C0504D'>Development Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#00B050'>ICAX Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#00B050'>1
Hatfield House <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#00B050'>Baltic
Street West<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#00B050'>London
EC1Y OST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><a href="mailto:alan.kiff@icax.co.uk"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:blue'>francois.badinier@icax.co.uk</span></a></span><span
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color:black'><a href="http://www.icax.co.uk"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:
blue'>www.icax.co.uk</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;
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