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    Is a heat pump neccessary for closed loop geothermal installation?

    Heat Pump Requirements In order to preheat the water entering the boiler with a closed loop geothermal system without a heat pump, the ground temperature would need to be significantly warmer than the water your trying to heat. Otherwise the water will be transfering heat into the ground. A...
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    Question: Geothermal Vertical Closed Loop

    I agree with Gators comments. There are many factors that need to be accounted for to have a successful operating geothermal system. Soil thermal conductivity, fluid flow rates, depth of boreholes and number of boreholes are just a few.
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    gravity feed spring

    Water Flow Rate The flow rate of 5 usgpm is too low for a 5 ton heat pump. Most heat pumps of this size require about 12-15 usgpm. The biggest thing that needs to be thought about is the run time percentage. If your system runs continuously for parts of the year, the storage tank would have...
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