Groundwater Issues: Commercial Open Loop Heat Pump Systems
As the building industry looks for savings, open loop heat pump systems can provide comparable energy efficiency to closed systems at lower capital costs in commercial buildings. This article explains open loop systems, including how to prepare them for use, compliance with regulations, water chemistry, optimization, pressurization and separation from particulates. This article will be kept by engineers interested in reducing capital costs in new and retrofit commercial construction.Units: DualCitation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, March 2009