Shallow Geothermal Energy Source for Efficient Air Cooling/Heating in Buildings

Mohamed Ouzzane
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Islamic University of Medina, Medina,
mohamed.ouzzane@usherbrooke.ca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Biography Since 2016, Dr. Mohamed Ouzzane is a Professor in the mechanical department at the Islamic University of Madinah (K.S.A.). He received his PhD from University of Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada), his Magister from Haut Commissariat a la Recherche (Algiers) and his Bachelor (Engineer) from (Ecole Nationale Polytechnique d'Alger). During 2000-2016 he was a research scientist at CanmetEnergy-Varennes (Natural Resources Canada) and Associate Professor at the University of Sherbrooke. During 1986-1996 he was an Assistant Researcher at CDER, Algiers. His research interests include both experimental and numerical activities. His areas are related to thermo fluid sciences and renewable energy systems. He was a leader of the research program of the development of new technologies and advanced practices for refrigeration and ground source heat pumps. He is an author and co-author of more than 100 scientific papers, 3 patents and book chapter, supervisor of more than 25 students in Master, PhD and Postdoctoral degrees. He is a member of an editorial board of the Islamic University Journal of Applied Sciences and reviewers of many international scientific journals.
Abstract Geothermal energy is one of the renewable energies that presents an interesting alternative energy source for the conventional energy sources. The proposed talk will start by general introduction related to information about the different forms of geothermal energy sources and their advantages and disadvantages. However, more focus will be on the shallow geothermal energy source where during the next sections, different technologies used to extract/release heat from/into the earth for air cooling/heating in buildings will be outlined. Special attention will be given to the ground source heat pump and earth to air heat exchanger (Canadian well).
Key words: Shallow Geothermal, Ground Source Heat Pump, Canadian Well, Earth to Air Heat Exchanger.