SBIR Phase II: Ground-Loop Heat Exchanger Solution for Low Cost Ground-Source Heat Pumps

SBIR 第二阶段：用于低成本地源热泵的地环换热器解决方案

• 批准号: 2126966
• 负责人: Stewart Bible
• 金额: $ 97.76万
• 依托单位: ITERATIVE METHODS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-05-01 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2126966&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Ground; Loop

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project is that it will significantly lower the initial cost of residential and commercial ground-source heat pump (GSHP) systems used in space heating and cooling applications. GSHPs are inherently more energy efficient than most heating and cooling technologies. This technology will accelerate electrification of the US economy, lessen the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels, reduce peak electricity demand, and lower emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2. GSHPs operate quietly and reliably, provide humidity control, and can provide both heating and cooling, greatly increasing the comfort of building environments and quality of life. GSHPs can also reduce and levelize utility bills in low-income housing and enhance the ability to provide energy assistance programs to those in need.This SBIR Phase II project proposes to further develop a novel technology that will overcome barriers in the applicability, desirability and cost-competitiveness of GSHP systems. The project’s chief technical objectives are to improve tools and knowhow relating to the application of the proposed novel in-ground heat exchanger technology and to demonstrate the feasibility and performance of this technology in real-world applications in targeted geographical markets. Specifically, the project will further refine the computational modeling tools used to size heat exchanger systems; and develop and integrate sophisticated geospatial data sets that these models will use/ This will result in more accurate and more rapid heat exchanger sizing on a site-specific basis. Next, the project will validate these tools through extended testing and data collection on a prototype system installed on a home system. Finally, this project will apply these tools during the deployment of three commercial systems in targeted geographic markets and collect additional data regarding their performance over time.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）的更广泛的影响力/商业化的潜力是，用于太空标题和冷却应用程序的住宅和商业地面源热泵（GSHP）。美国对化石燃料的持续时间，减少电力峰值，并降低了诸如CO2的温室气体的排放量，并可以提供头部冷却，从而大大增加建筑物的舒适度和生活质量。低收入的海洋和增强，以向有需要的人提供能源援助计划。这II阶段提议进一步开发一种新的技术，以将障碍物在适用性，可取性和GSHP系统的竞争性上进行。与拟议的Ovel Out-On-Ond-Heat交换器技术的应用有关的工具和专业知识，并在针对性的地理ARKET中证明了该技术在现实世界中的可行性。这些模型的复杂数据集将通过特定于站点的工具进行一些精确的热交换器大小，该项目将在有针对性的地理市场中进行工具，并随着时间的流逝而构成绩效的集体数据。