Friday, September 23, 2011

Using Geothermal Home Heating In Your Home

By Jack Lanford


In parts of the world where volcanic activity is occurring near the surface of the earth, pipes can be drilled down to capture the heat that is being produced from this activity. Using geothermal home heating is increasing in popularity around the world where the climates are as varied as the weather during the day.

These people who live where steam rises frequently through cracks and fissures developed a piping system to utilize the heat. Many towns and cities of various sizes now use municipal systems to transfer this energy into buildings and houses to keep them warm during the cold months. This has greatly reduced their reliance on fossil fuels.

Just about everywhere you go throughout the world, by digging ten feet or more down into the ground, you will find that the earth maintains a temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit. This allows just about everybody to tap into this reoccurring resource to heat their house when it is cold outside.

A set of pipes are laid in the ground that carries water. The water absorbs the heat from the earth and goes back up to a heat exchanger. There are refrigerants in the heat exchanger that collect the energy and send it to a compressor. The water will circulate back down below ground.

The compressor raises the temperature of the refrigerant. A pump sends this material to an air exchanger that has a blower. The blower then sends the air out into the house to warm the air.

Geothermal energy is a way to address the needs that we most commonly use nonrenewable power sources for. The pressure on natural resources has grown dramatically as population increases have occurred. Finding alternative ways to achieve the same results helps the planet to survive.




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