What would be the most effective Heating and Cooling systems to make the TCC Turf soccer field a comfortable playing surface?
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What would be the most effective Heating and Cooling systems to make the TCC Turf soccer
field a comfortable playing surface? There are many different heating and cooling systems that could be used in this project. I will be mainly focusing on a couple; Geothermal, and maybe transferring heat from the field to heat the pool. The other main system is called the EPIC system, the one major problem I have with this is I would have to put a separate heating system in if I decided to use this.
The epic system is a system that focuses on the cooling aspect of my report. On a sunny day field temperatures can be reduced by 50 degrees Fahrenheit. When temperatures are reaching 40 degrees Celsius fields without cooling systems can be from 10-20 degrees hotter than the temperature outside.
Going geothermal is another thought, and using the heat taken off the field to heat the pool. Another thought is maybe using the heat the seating around or the field house.
Hey Kyle,
ReplyDeleteI was looking at some radiant floor heating stuff and I came across this. It is a company that does heating and cooling systems for sports fields. It sure looks like they know what they're doing, so hopefully it helps you out.
Link: http://www.radiantso.com/#!sports-fields
Thanks Oliver.... ill have a look at it and let you know how it is...
ReplyDeleteIt appears that your research is focused primarily on heat transfer: determining which is the best medium (air or water) to transfer the heat and where you will be transferring it to. If you are clear about this, then the rest should be easy.
ReplyDeleteA few words should be spent explaining how the EPIC system works and how a ground source heat pump works. I don't think heating the seats would be useful because when you are cooling the field there will not be any need for heated seats.