ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Experimental and Numerical Study
of an Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger
in Northeastern Poland
Aldona Skotnicka-Siepsiak1, Maciej Wesołowski2, Janusz Piechocki2
1Institute of Building Engineering, Faculty of Geodesy, Geospatial and Civil Engineering,
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Michała Oczapowskiego 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
2Department of Electrical, Power, Electronic and Control Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences,
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Michała Oczapowskiego 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Michała Oczapowskiego 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
2Department of Electrical, Power, Electronic and Control Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences,
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Michała Oczapowskiego 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Submission date: 2017-05-12
Final revision date: 2017-06-30
Acceptance date: 2017-07-11
Online publication date: 2018-02-06
Publication date: 2018-03-12
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2018;27(3):1255–1260
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ABSTRACT
Our paper presents empirical data from a laboratory experiment investigating the performance of an
air-to-soil heat exchanger between July and August 2016. Measurements were performed in a laboratory
of the Department of Civil Engineering and Building Engineering Physics of the University of Warmia
and Mazury in Olsztyn. Empirical data were compared with the results of analytical calculations based on
meteorological data for a typical meteorological year.
