Review of: Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
Robert Bishop
08/15/2024
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GREAT COURSE FOR DESIGN AND UNDERSTANDING
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Review of: Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
10/23/2023
Verified Buyer
Good overview of GSHP systems.
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
Very educational. Recommended.
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
01/27/2020
Verified Buyer
not well organized
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
David Masucci
01/12/2020
Verified Buyer
The course could have been written better grammatically. In some cases it was hard to follow because of changes in subject without more detail. I did learn a lot about geothermal, but had to refer back to the course, to answer some of the questions, which did not specifically indicate whether the it was referring to the cooling or heating cycle.
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
Larry Stapley
12/15/2019
Verified Buyer
The course narrative can use improvement. The descriptions were not always clear. An example is in the questions – specifically the first question – “GSHP compressors are made for which speed?” The answers included 1) single stage, 2) dual stage, c) variable speed and d) All of the above.
A single stage or dual stage compressor depicts the configuration of the compressor and NOT the speed. Yes, a GSHP compressor can be a single stage or dual stage but one could also use a turbine type or even a screw compressor but none of these descriptors indicate the speed.
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
John J. Christiano
01/21/2019
Verified Buyer
Good review of ref cycles and performance calcs.
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
Ryan Stanton
12/26/2018
Verified Buyer
Great course content (5 stars), four stars were given because the document and material could have been edited better. I recommend this course provided one takes first the SunCam Course 029 regarding trenching and loop design.
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
Miguel I. Payano
08/01/2018
Verified Buyer
An excellent complement to Geothermal Heating & Cooling.
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
John Phillips
05/18/2018
Verified Buyer
I was challenged by this test. I learned a lot. The reason I took this test was due to my interest in GSHP application as a means to decrease the dependency on fossil fuels and to use the renewable energy supply available in the earth.
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
Thomas Kenna
12/26/2017
Verified Buyer
Good course, always nice to place hardware alongside a theory discussion. It helped to have taken SunCam Course 029 regarding trenching and loop design before this one. Would recommend this course (#045)
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045-Geothermal Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
Mackey Keith
08/15/2017
Verified Buyer
Generally, this course material was well written.
Some things which may help improve the course:
Page 6 – Typo on the term “GSP”, should be “GHSP”
Page 19 – Example 3 could be explained better. Not sure how we go from 3-ton heat pump to knowing that it circulates 3x3= 9 gal/min.
Also, not clear about how we get to 8.1 lbs * 60 min = 485 How did we get 8.1 lbs and what is the number 485 here?
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045-Ground Source Water to Air Heat Pumps
Wade
11/07/2016
Verified Buyer
Gave me a good basic understanding of the systems.
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Fine Overview
The course provides a fine overview of some aspects of the thermodynamics, equipment, and installation of the WSHP systems. The writing skills of the author may be wonderful; but, if they are, this course is not a good demonstration of them. The flow of information is fragmented, and sentence structure is generally poor. This detracts from an otherwise useful course.
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It was good information. Went over basics.
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vERY INFORMATIVE
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045-Ground Source Water to Air Heat Pumps
As a geotechnical engineer, I found this course challenging, interesting, and informative. I find the references provided valuable as reference material for the future.
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Andrew Ivester
01/18/2015
Important material. Course needs some close editing. Answers to some questions took some head scratching to figure out what was meant (96.55 Score). Overall very useful.
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Mariano Molina
02/26/2014
The seminar is excellent.
I suggest rewarding some of the test questions,
However, all in all it is a great source of information and education.
I had already indicated my comment on the blue line in the flow diagram that after the expansion valve, it should not read liquid because "it makes it appear that the expansion valve has no function" since before and after the expansion valve there is liquid. It should read mist or liquid mist
SunCam comment: Portions of the reviewers comments were deleted because they reveal the answers to some questions. Many of the reviewers suggested course improvements have been adopted.
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The course was very good. It gave basic information for describing geothermal systems and basic information needed for design. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to learn the basics. I felt like a couple of questions were a little ambiguous.
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