Impact of a pump unit and geothermal pump use on soil condition

Abstract

Abstract The article considers the advantages of air heat pump use. Their positive impact on ecology compared to other types of similar pumps, in particular geothermal ones, is shown. The author aims to focus on the problems of gross interference with the soil structure. In the majority of sources, geothermal pumps are presented as environmentally friendly and recommended pumps. The task of the study is to prove analytically, as well as using general scientific methods, that these sources are wrong. The use of geothermal heat pumps causes damage to the environment, since well drilling in the vast majority of cases is followed by formation segregation, interstratal insulation violation, change in natural processes of water bodies self-purification, rate of mineralization flow, kinetics of microflora and fauna development and die-away. Significant areas of uninhabitable trees and plants are formed due to subsoil cooling and freezing. Various heat pump layouts were analyzed and conclusion on the most environmentally friendly integrated use of heat air pump and solar energy was made.