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2015 Vol.31, Issue 5
Evaluation on Thermal Performance Along with Constructability and Economic Feasibility of Large-diameter Cast-in-place Energy Pile

대구경 현장타설 에너지파일의 열교환 성능과 시공성 및 경제성 분석

Sangwoo Park1
,
Chihun Sung2
,
Dongseop Lee1
,
Kyoungsik Jung3
,
Hangseok Choi4*
박 상우1
,
성 치훈2
,
이 동섭1
,
정 경식3
,
최 항석4*
1Graduate Student, School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engrg., Korea Univ.
2Graduate Student, School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engrg., Korea Univ.
3Senior Director, S-TECH Consulting Group
4Prof., School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engrg., Korea Univ.
1고려대학교 건축사회환경공학부 박사과정
2고려대학교 건축사회환경공학부 석사과정
3(주)에스텍컨설팅 그룹 전무
4고려대학교 건축사회환경공학부 교수
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
31 May 2015. pp. 5-21
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Abstract

An energy pile is a novel type of ground heat exchangers (GHEX’s) which sets up heat exchange pipes inside a pile foundation, and allows to circulate a working fluid through the pipe for exchanging thermal energy with the surrounding ground stratum. Using existing foundation structure, the energy pile can function not only as a structural foundation but also as a GHEX. In this paper, six full-scale energy piles were constructed in a test bed with various configurations of the heat exchange pipe inside large-diameter cast-in-place piles, that is, three parallel U-type heat exchangers (5, 8 and 10 pairs), two coil type heat exchangers (with a 500 mm and 200 mm pitch), and one S-type heat exchanger. During constructing the energy piles, the constructability of each energy pile was evaluated with consideration of the installation time, the number of workers and any difficulty for installing. In order to evaluate the thermal performance of energy piles, the thermal performance tests were carried out by applying intermittent (8 hours operating-16 hours pause) artificial cooling operation to simulate a cooling load for commercial buildings. Through the thermal performance tests, the heat exchange rates of the six energy piles were evaluated in terms of the heat exchange amount normalized with the length of energy pile and/or the length of heat exchange pipe. Finally, the economic feasibility of energy pile was evaluated according to the various types of heat exchange pipe by calculating demanded expenses per 1 W/m based on the thermal performance test results along with the market value of heat exchange pipes and labor cost.

Keywords
Energy pile
Ground heat exchanger
Constructability of energy pile
Thermal performance test
Economic feasibility of energy pile

에너지파일이란 새로운 형식의 지중열교환기로서, 건물의 기초 구조물인 말뚝 내부에 열교환 파이프를 삽입하고 파이프 내부로 유체를 순환시켜 지반과 말뚝 매질사이의 열교환을 유도한다. 에너지파일은 기존의 기초 구조물을 활용하여, 구조물의 지지 기능과 지중열교환기로서의 기능을 동시에 수행하는 에너지 구조체이다. 본 연구에서는 에너지파일의 실증연구를 위하여 총 6가지 형태의 열교환 파이프가 삽입된 실규모 현장타설 에너지파일을 시험 시공하였다. 열교환 파이프의 형태는 다양한 형태별 성능 및 시공성 비교를 위해 병렬 U형 3본(5쌍, 8쌍, 10쌍), 코일형 2본(피치간격 200mm와 500mm), S형 1본으로 선정하였다. 총 6가지 형태의 열교환 파이프를 시공하면서 시공 소요 시간, 인력 소요, 필요 부대시설, 특이사항 등을 정리하여 각 형태별 시공성을 평가하였다. 또한 시공된 현장타설 에너지파일에 대한 열교환 성능 평가시험을 수행하였다. 열교환 성능 평가시험은 실제 상업 건물의 냉방 부하를 모사하기 위하여 8시간 가동 16시간 휴지의 간헐적 가동을 통하여 수행하였다. 열교환 성능 평가시험 결과를 통하여 각 현장타설 에너지파일의 열교환량을 산정하였으며, 이를 에너지파일 근입 깊이 및 열교환 파이프 길이로 정규화하여 각 형태별 열교환 효율을 평가하였다. 마지막으로 현장타설 에너지파일의 경제성을 분석하기 위하여 각 형태별 에너지파일의 시공비와 에너지파일 단위 길이 당 열교환 성능을 통해 1W/m 당 소요 비용을 산정하였다.

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  • Publisher :The Korean Geotechnical Society
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지반공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국지반공학회 논문집
  • Volume : 31
  • No :5
  • Pages :5-21
  • Received Date : 2014-07-30
  • Revised Date : 2014-12-24
  • Accepted Date : 2015-05-07
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2015.31.5.5
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