The GSHP utilises horizontal arrays/ground loops to absorb latent environmental energy. The arrays are installed either horizontally around 1.5 m below ground level or in vertical boreholes, drilled up to 200m deep below the ground surface.
The length of the ground loop depends on the size of your home and the amount of heat energy required. It is essential that the correct design of the ground array is carried out. Doing so will prevent inefficient system operation, the subsequent high running costs or in extreme circumstances catastrophic failure.
The captured latent environmental energy from the ground in the form of heat around 10C. The heat is absorbed into the fluid as it circulates through the ground arrays.
The fluid then passes through a heat exchanger incorporated within the heat pump.
Heat is extracted and and increased in to a much higher temperature. The high temperature is then distributed to hot water and space heating in the same context as a gas or oil fired heating system.
