APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW RATE OF HEAT TRANSFERRING FLUID FLOWING THROUGH A GROUND LOOP HEAT EXCHANGING (GLHE) SUBSYSTEM CONSTRUCTED FROM ONE OR MORE GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS (GHE) WHILE OPERABLY CONNECTED TO GEOTHERMAL EQUIPMENT (GTE) INCLUDING A REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR AND ASSOCIATED WITH A GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM

摘要

Apparatus and process for monitoring incremental changes in the inlet water temperature into and HTR across a GLHE subsystem, and in response thereto, automatically increasing or decreasing the flow rate of water flowing through into and out of the GLHE subsystem, so as to minimize the electrical energy consumption of electronically-controlled ground loop pumps employed to pump water through the GLHE subsystem.