ENERGY GEO-STRUCTURES

Abstract

The interaction phenomenon and the study of integrating heat exchanger pipes with subsurface structural elements has proven to be an emerging research topic in the discipline of Geotechnical Engineering. Significant price for heating and cooling of Commercial/High Rise Residential Building concerning about fifty percent of total energy use is Heating and Cooling functions. The key research gap aspects in this integrated geo-structure are that of the methodologies used to incorporate them and study their mechanism of heat transmission during heating and cooling cycles and the thermal effects in surrounding soil. Alongside this, there are some conjoining challenges in geotechnical portion of these structures. The objective was to develop a mathematical model to determine the ground temperatures using aerial temperatures and soil properties and to study thermal properties of soil and soil-pile interaction phenomenon using geotechnical centrifuge modeling and then finally presenting the Integrated Energy Geo-Structure on basis of ground conditions.