Geothermal Energy: Sustainable Heating and Cooling Using the Ground

Geothermal Energy: Sustainable Heating and Cooling Using the Ground comprehensively covers geothermal energy systems that utilize ground energy in conjunction with heat pumps to provide sustainable heating and cooling. It describes and discusses methods to determine potential environmental impacts of geothermal energy systems and their thermal interaction and presents the most up-to-date information in the area with recent developments. It provides information on a range of topics, from the thermodynamic concepts to more advanced discussion on the renewability and sustainability of geothermal energy systems. Numerous applications of such systems are also provided.

Geothermal Energy: Sustainable Heating and Cooling Using the Ground takes a research orientated approach to provide coverage of the state of the art and emerging trends, and includes numerous illustrative examples and case studies. Theory and analysis are emphasized throughout, with detailed descriptions of models available for vertical geothermal heat exchangers.