Geothermal heat pump

The geothermal heat pump senior design team is tasked with designing an optimized geothermal system and cost-benefit analysis for St. Gertrude's Monastery in Cottonwood, Idaho.

Design Task
The task is to develop a program to model generalized geothermal heat pump systems using Engineering Equation Solver (EES). In addition, the completed design should include a cost-benefit analysis for geothermal (horizontal ground coupled and water storage coupled), electric steam, biomass fuel, and coal fire boiler systems. The results will be used to determine the best alternative to the existing coal fire boiler located at St. Gertrude's Monastery.

Team Experience
 The Entropy Police 



