Patent ID: 9443043
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: F24F,F24T,G06F,Y02B,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A method of simulating a ground geothermal heat pump design, comprising: receiving a geographical location, receiving temperature data based on the the geographical location, wherein the temperature data comprises a plurality of ambient temperature values for each of the 8760 hours in a year; receiving a building type; receiving an operating schedule for the building type, wherein the operating schedule is comprised of operating hours for the building type for one or more days in a week; receiving one or more zones for the building type; receiving one or more internal heat conditions for each of the one or more zones; receiving a block heating or cooling load condition for each of the one or more zones; determining a plurality of zone load conditions for each of the one or more zones from the block heating or cooling load condition, wherein the plurality of zone load conditions are determined for each of the ambient temperature values based on the operating hours in the operating schedule; applying the internal heat conditions to the plurality of zone load conditions; determining a capacity type operation for a geothermal heat pump for each of the one or more zones based on the plurality of zone load conditions and the applied internal heat conditions for each of the ambient temperature values based on the operating hours in the operating schedule, wherein the capacity type operation for the geothermal heat pump is further comprised of at least one of a single, dual, or variable capacity heat pump; and determining an amount of heat transfer into or out of the ground, a temperature ground effect, the building's ground geothermal borehole requirement and a ground loop field configuration.