New perspectives in thermal performance test: Cost-effective apparatus and extended data analysis

Two thermal performance test (TPT) datasets of a single U-tube borehole heat exchanger with inlet setpoint temperatures of 30 °C and 40 °C

“…Table 1 presents the geometrical information of the BHE used for two TPTs. The details of the experimental setup and site information can be found in [1] , [8] . Two TPTs were conducted for 144 h with inlet setpoint temperatures of 30 °C and 40 °C and they were denoted as TPT30 and TPT40, respectively.…”

“…We need a normalized or dimensionless index to compare and discuss the results from different TPT settings with different GHE configurations. In this context, we suggested using the unit heat exchange rate in its W/(m·K) form or a dimensionless form [1] for comparing different GHEs installed at the same experimental site or GHEs installed at different experimental sites, respectively. Although the shared TPT datasets were obtained using a general single U-tube BHE instead of a geometrically complex GHE, they can be used as an example of the normal BHE performance.…”

“… Validation of a parameter estimation algorithm Shared TPT datasets can be used for the validation purpose when a numerical or stochastic parameter estimation algorithm is developed. The estimation results of the effective ground thermal conductivity and the borehole thermal resistance using the Bayesian inference technique [14] , [15] were presented in the original research article [1] . …”

“…Two thermal performance tests were conducted for 144 h with setpoint temperatures of 30 °C and 40 ° C. The inlet and outlet fluid temperatures and the flow rate in both experiments were measured at 5 s intervals. Data source location Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan Latitude: 35.626462; longitude: 140.105586 Data accessibility Data are available with this article Related research article New perspectives in thermal performance test: Cost-effective apparatus and extended data analysis, Energy and Buildings, 2018, 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.08.008 [1] …”

Proposed Cool Coatings with High Near-Infrared Reflectance and Heat Insulation for Asphalt Pavement

“…None of these proposed measures do anything to reduce the strong absorption of solar radiation, so they do not prevent the basic problem-heat entering pavements. Presently, a small number of scholars have applied cool coatings to cool asphalt pavement [24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. This method is less expensive and can help reduce the temperature of pavement surfaces effectively.…”