GHEtool: An open-source tool for borefield sizing in Python

The Journal of Open Source Software, vol. 7, pp. 4406

Abstract

GHEtool is a Python package that contains all the functionalities needed to deal with borefield design.It is developed for both researchers and practitioners.The core of this package is the automated sizing of borefield under different conditions.The sizing of a borefield is typically slow due to the high complexity of the mathematical background.Because this tool has a lot of precalculated data, GHEtool can size a borefield in the order of tenths of milliseconds.This sizing typically takes the order of minutes.Therefore, this tool is suited for being implemented in typical workflows where iterations are required.GHEtool also comes with a graphical user interface (GUI).This GUI is prebuilt as an exe-file because this provides access to all the functionalities without coding.A setup to install the GUI at the user-defined place is also implemented and available

Authors 2

1. Wouter Peere

   KU Leuven

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Leuven (KU Leuven) , Leuven , Belgium

   boydens engineering -part of Sweco , Dilbeek , Belgium

   Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

   boydens engineering -part of Sweco, Dilbeek, Belgium

2. Tobias Blanke Aachen

   FH Aachen

   Affiliation as printed

   Solar-Institute Jülich , FH Aachen , Aachen , Germany

   Solar-Institute Jülich, FH Aachen, Aachen, Germany