Chapter 102 - 101 Upgrading the Generator
Shallow geothermal energy is different from deep geothermal energy. Although both belong to geothermal resources, the use of shallow geothermal energy is much simpler than that of deep geothermal energy.
The utilization of deep geothermal energy requires drilling very deep wells, which is difficult to exploit and relatively challenging to use effectively.
However, the utilization of shallow geothermal energy is not so complex. It only requires burying pipes in the shallow ground surface, injecting a circulating working fluid into the pipes, and connecting it to a heat pump unit to continuously absorb geothermal energy and release heat. This effectively utilizes shallow geothermal energy.
Its principle is actually the same as the operating principle of air conditioners and refrigerators, which is to use the evaporation of the circulating working fluid to absorb heat and then compress and condense it to release heat.
The only difference is that the ground source heat pump, using shallow geothermal energy, absorbs heat from the ground layer and releases it indoors, unlike air conditioners and refrigerators.
In fact, this system can be used not only for heating but also for cooling, although cooling is completely unnecessary in the current environment.
Compared to other heating methods, the advantage of ground source heat pump technology is its low energy consumption. Although it also uses electricity, it only requires the electrical energy to operate the compressor, without consuming additional electricity to generate heat.
After all, whether it is a boiler or electric heating, the essence is to consume energy to convert it into heat. Even electric heating with air conditioning uses auxiliary electric heating, consuming a significant amount of electricity.
But ground source heat pump technology is different. Its heat comes from the ground itself, and the ground source heat pump unit is only used to compress, condense, and release the heat of the circulating working fluid, without additional energy consumption.