Geothermal heating question

[outdoorguy61]

I am hoping someone can shed some lite or point me in the direction of someone that might have some answers about using geothermal heating for off the grid.

 

I have an acreage with nice sandy soil, that I would like to use a geothermal heating systen for heating a planned 1400 sq. ft. house to be built. I am sold on the idea but have heard that it cannot be done in an off the grid situation. This puzzles me and I am hoping that there is now some type of low voltage/amperage geothermal system out there that is made for this purpose. Ideally I would use a solar/wind system to provide power with a generator of some type as backup. Heat could be a wood furnace, but I am still looking at what else is out there.

 

I welcome comments and ideas.

 

Thanks for taking a peek.

 

outdoorguy61

[steve barrett]

Hi outdoorguy. Was thinking of a small system myself someday but with a small propane tankless boiler. The system you are thinking of the compressor would pretty well drain your system in a matter of moments. I havent heard of a micro system yet but anything is possible. The trench to bury the piping alone or the double well system is expensive. If one has a pond close you can get some heat. I would say if one can find a wood fired boiler with a gravity fed boiler system one might pull it off. I know some of the old houses have this system with the old rads.But one could modernize ones system to sute ones needs.With a gas system the only parts moving are the small motors that push the hot water around.Pretty simple.Good luck on your system. Steve

[Clampet]

Would a Heat Pump work in the same way?

http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/in...pump/whatis.cfm

 

[steve barrett]

Not sure but But the drawdown when the beast cuts in kicks the heck out of the battery pack.Not directly into the micro heatin systems but have seen a few in my travels.There is a company in Orangeville that builds stoves out of cement that create a large heat mass that can heat one's house long after the fire goes out.Not sure what they are called but in Europe they are popular.There is also the the stove in the shed where one has a fire in a shed {in the country of course] and the heat is sent to the house underground. We have one up here.

[Terry]

couldn't you use a Propane heat pump.....

[forrest]

No references for you, but, when I read up on geo-thermal last year it worked out to be more expensive than traditional energy sources. The systems only last for so long before they have to be redone.

 

I was talking to a guy at work yesterday who is now heating his pool with a solar type system. The sun heats up water in a black barrel and the heat is transferred to the pool.

 

 

forrest