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Ground Source Heat Pump- GSHP
Described by Lord Kelvin in 1853 Developed by Peter Ritter von Rittinger in 1853 1st direct exchange GSHP was built by Robert C.
Webber in 1940 1st Successful commercial project was installed in
the commonwealth Building (Portland, Oregon) in 1948 ( national Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark-ASME[America Society of Mechanical Engineers])
Popular-open loop systems 1970s 1979 Closed loop systems 2004 – over 1000 000 units installed worldwide 80 000 units fitted each year in USA-all USA states have GSHPs
27 000 in Sweden & in Finland GSHP is the most used heating system
The first non-residential building to be designed with GSHP system
This building is consisted of;a low-rise and a high-rise wings. 51 rotating press-steel foundation piles diameter: 600~800mm length: 6~9mfixed into the ground under the high-rise wing5 stories high total area of about 2 800m²
Steel foundation Piles and U-tubes
So Gr een
Let’ s Ke ep it G
reen
Central Cooling or Heating system that TRANSFERSheat to or from the ground.
Plus the Plus the system can system can completely completely run on run on alternative alternative power sourcepower source
Kelvin Chinga | Commercial Representative Nan Jiang Africa Investment (Pty) Ltd. Ground Floor, Building 13 The Woodlands Office Park Cnr Kelvin Drive & Woodlands Drive,
Woodmead, 2148 Tel: +27(0)11 656 3195/ 3201/ 3284 Fax: +27(0)11 656 3252,Cell: +27 84 624 2878 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nanjianggroup.com
