Geo. Cooling??

Richard D._2

If I am using the right term...On vacation @ my fathers new house in N.C. he cools and heats by well water..Where can I get more info? The water does not return to the well or so he says..He is 80 Y/O..:)I work on oil and L.P.in Maine.I want to learn more about them,yoy know something diffetent..His A/C guy could not get there till mon.Knowing how my cust. try to fix their own units sometimes and make it worse ,I did not touch it!! :)Thanks fir your help..Richard

Steamhead

This is an old idea

I remember reading somewhere that well water at 55 degrees could be used to cool an entire house. In some cases they installed coils in the walls and ran the water thru them. I'm sure this would cause condensation in humid climates though.

We have a Geothermal expert who posts on the Wall sometimes- George "Earthfire" Stawnyczyj, Lehighton, PA. You could e-mail him at earthfire@ptd.net and tell him we sent you.

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Richard D._2

Thanks

> I remember reading somewhere that well water at

> 55 degrees could be used to cool an entire house.

> In some cases they installed coils in the walls

> and ran the water thru them. I'm sure this would

> cause condensation in humid climates though.

> We have a Geothermal expert who posts on the Wall

> sometimes- George "Earthfire" Stawnyczyj,

> Lehighton, PA. You could e-mail him at

> earthfire@ptd.net and tell him we sent you.

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Richard D._2

Thanks

Glenn Harrison

Also check out...

www.waterfurnace.com

WaterFurnace International is one of the biggest Geothermal Heat Pump manufacturers in the U.S. We put there equipment in on occasion and are very happy with them, as are our customers, especially when they see their utility bills.

Glenn

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Search "geothermal Arkansas" in a good search engine. You'll find a big-sounding company that supposedly invented the first geo heat pump system a few decades ago. This was at the request and in collaboration with a gentleman in his 70s (now deceased). I visited his home a few times and saw the prototype--rather crude looking but there were electric meters on the unit and the blower, the man was fanatical about record keeping and numbers don't lie [usually]. Home probably had about 3,000 sq.ft. conditioned area and lots of glass as most of the back wall was glass--facing a semi-man-made cypress swamp kept crystal clear with grass carp. Unit reminded me most of the condensing unit of a small icemaker--very small compresser and coil. As I recall it took about as much juice (maybe even more) to operate the blower than the unit during summer in a VERY hot/humid area.

That company has gone on to do quite a number of LARGE institutional jobs as well with supposed exceptional results. The major requirement for the most efficient operation is a source of water with CONSTANT temperature. A natural spring is best as there is extremely little added cost to move the water; ponds/lakes/wells can be used as well, but it seems that the economy of scale and requirement for constant temperature make the well-type systems most viable in large-scale operation.

Frank_17

geo

It will not work here in Maine. I looked into it , TOO humid. The heat may work, but not cooling. search yahoo for geo cooling, I found an interesting page that way , but can't remember the URL

chris smith_3

geo

richard,
i don't know were you are in maine but if you get down to portland, portland sheetmetal- maine air, have done several of thease installations and are a good group of guys, i believe there office/shop was done this way, the shop also has a radiant floor [the guys love it] i'm sure if you called them they would show you around.

your,

chris smith
porter maine

Tony_8

it'll work

It uses the water to condense the refrigerant, not cool the house directly. Same as air to air AC but using a water cooled coaxial coil for the condenser side. Add a reversing valve and "bingo" you have a heat pump. Water cooled equipment is used all over the country, just needs to be sized correctly like anything else.

Richard D._2

I want to say

Thanks to you all,I booked marked all the sites and hopefully get tons of info...Who said you cann't teach a old dog new tricks,,,Richard

Bob Gagnon plumbing and heating

geothermal cooling

works. i simply pump 56 degree well water through a flat plate exchanger that cools off my primary heating loop, that in turn cools my radiant floors to around 68 degrees. i also have large fan coil unit, piped in like a kickspace heater, with a condensate drip pan underneath. this helps remove humidity, much like a conventional air conditioning system. my well has unlimited water so i send it out to the sprinkler system after it goes through the flat plate exch. last year when it was 100 degrees my house was around 70 degrees. this system is much more comfortable than air conditioning, it is like comparing radiant heat to forced hot air. if ayone around nothern Mass. would like to see the system work on a hot day, let me know