Question: A house with 2 0 0 - m 2 floor space is heated with geothermal water flowing through pipes laid in the ground under the

A house with 200-m2 floor space is heated with geothermal water flowing through pipes laid in the ground under the floor. The walls of the house are 4m high, and there are 10 single-paned windows in the house that are 1.2m wide and 1.8m high. The house has R-3.3 insulation (where R=1U is the overall unit thermal resistance (the R-value) and U is the overall heat transfer coefficient) in the walls and R-5.3 on the ceiling. The floor temperature is not to exceed 40C. Hot geothermal water is available at 90C, and the inner and outer diameter of the pipes to be used are 2.4cm and 3.0cm. Analyse and Pipes placed for underfloor heating. design such a heating system for this house in your area.
 A house with 200-m2 floor space is heated with geothermal water

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