Earth Tube Cooling System

Author(s):

Narendra Patel , GITS, Udaipur; Mukesh Lohar, GITS, Udaipur; Pratyush Verma, CTAE,Udaipur; Ravindra Panwar, GITS, Udaipur

Keywords:

Earth Tube Cooling System, Closed Geothermal Ground Loops

Abstract:

Energy deficiency is one of the major problems that our world is facing now a days. So it has become very important to find new and innovative ways of using the renewable energy sources which are easily available on earth and it’s a matter of just utilizing that energy properly like Solar energy, Wind energy, Water resources for hydel power plant etc. One of the unconventional source of renewable energy is Geothermal energy. Obviously geothermal energy was used to obtain electricity by the use of turbines but they can also be used to cool a particular room up to a certain extent. This purpose is mainly solved by using the “earth tubes”. Earth tubes are long metallic, plastic or concrete pipes that are laid underground and are connected to the air intake of buildings, particularly houses. Their purpose is to provide some pre-conditioning of the air – either pre-heating in the winter or pre-cooling in the summer. The current push towards a wider use of green technologies has generated a resurgence of interest in the concept of earth tubes.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	RMSCRP028
Publication Date	:	05/04/2017
Page(s)	:	119-122

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