Ground Source Loop (geothermal) software
Ground Source Loop (geothermal) software
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Closed loop ground source design software:
Any good (or bad) experience with well or horizontal loop design software?
I have a commercial program and a equipment manufacturer's program and they do not agree at all.
Any good (or bad) experience with well or horizontal loop design software?
I have a commercial program and a equipment manufacturer's program and they do not agree at all.





RE: Ground Source Loop (geothermal) software
RE: Ground Source Loop (geothermal) software
RE: Ground Source Loop (geothermal) software
i believe that checking initial conditions and assumptions could find cause of differences.
assuming ground wetness makes huge difference, that is where manufacturers would tend to be optimistic while neutral generic calculation would at least be cautious.
RE: Ground Source Loop (geothermal) software
- soil type (and condition as in wet etc.)
- fluid flowrates and temps (and equipment operating temps)
- building load profile
eQuest calcualtes its own load and load profile I assume, and your other software likley gets date entered you calcualted elesehwere? Maybe explain a bit more what you currently use.