MR034 Geothermal Probe Training System

MR034 Geothermal Probe Training System Thermal Experiment Equipment Heat Transfer Training Equipment Teaching Equipment

The System Should Cover the Following Training Objectives:

Principals of geothermal energy

Investigation of operating behavior of a geothermal probe with heat pipe principle

Acquiring the amount of heat that can be dissipated in the heat pipe with variation of the thermal load

variation of the filling level of the heat transfer medium contained

Observation of the radial temperature profile in a sand sample and determination of the thermal conductivity

Acquiring the sand’s thermal conductivity by means of a thermal response test

Principals and energy balance of a heat pump

Minimum Technical Specifications Required (like or better than):

Glass heat pipe of length: 1000mm, external diameter heat pipe: 55mm and transparent temperature control jacket with external diameter: 80mm

Water should be working medium for heat dissipation in the heat exchanger

Heater in the heating circuit of output: 1.9kW

Pump in the heating circuit of maximum flow rate: 1.9m3/h and power consumption: 58W

Copper U-tube geothermal probe of length: 1000mm

Pump in the thermal response test of flow rate: 4.9 to 28L/h and power consumption: maximum 60W

water tank

storage tank

Digital display

Heating element in the water tank of output: 100W

Heating element in the sand container of output: 50W

Temperature of the heating element in the sand sample of range 0 to 250°C

Flow rate measuring range: 0.4 to 6L/min

Placed on a rigid trolley with four castor wheels

Data acquisition unit with software that includes simulation of the energy balance of a heat pump

USB interface

PC Core i7, DVD+/-RW, 8GB RAM, 1TB Hard Disk Drive, Optical Mouse, Multimedia Keyboard, Monitor (21") LED