Ground Source Heat Pump System for a Shoping Center in Istanbul with 18.327 Meters of Ground Drilling

Abstract

For the new Metro shopping center project in Istanbul Turkey, Ground Source Heat Pump system was selected as part of a Green Building concept. The design that started in the late 2005, resulted in the starting of the ground work application in mid 2006. Initial calculations, selections and sizing of the system, design of the ground part, application of the vertical drills and the piping of the system has been done till June 2007, resulting in 18,300 meters of vertical drill work that is the biggest application in Europe excluding the Nordic countries, or one of the biggest 5 applications including Nordic countries.

The complete Ground work and the supply of equipment has been done by FORM company. The system will be explained from design till application and testing, with various pictures from the job site. The difficulties and the challenges and their solutions will also be explained and shown. The startup of the system that was done in August 2007.