Inventors:
Douglass W. Steiger - Red Lake Falls MN
Edward J. Kees - Red Lake Falls MN
Assignee:
Environmental Impact Research Group - Red Lake Falls MN
International Classification:
F24J 302
Abstract:
A geothermal system and method of installing the same comprises the steps successively driving a drive pipe structure vertically into the ground at a plurality of locations so that a major portion of the length of the drive pipe structure is located below the frost line. An elongate geothermal pipe having closed ends is inserted into the drive pipe structure and its lower end is interlocked with a drive point device located at the lower end of the drive pipe structure. Thereafter, when the drive pipe is removed, the geothermal pipe remains anchored to the drive point. The geothermal pipes are connected together by conduits and connected to a heat pump so that a heat exchange liquid will be circulated through the system.