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Kasuda Ground Temp Profile

This document summarizes a TYPE 164 ground temperature profile component in TRNSYS that models the vertical temperature distribution in the ground. It uses an equation developed by Kasuda that defines temperature as a function of mean surface temperature, amplitude of surface temperature variations, depth below surface, thermal diffusivity of soil, and time of year. The equation results in temperature profiles that vary sinusoidally with depth and time of year, ranging between summer and winter extreme profiles.

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Kasuda Ground Temp Profile

This document summarizes a TYPE 164 ground temperature profile component in TRNSYS that models the vertical temperature distribution in the ground. It uses an equation developed by Kasuda that defines temperature as a function of mean surface temperature, amplitude of surface temperature variations, depth below surface, thermal diffusivity of soil, and time of year. The equation results in temperature profiles that vary sinusoidally with depth and time of year, ranging between summer and winter extreme profiles.

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TYPE 164: GROUND TEMPERATURE PROFILE

4.11.1 TYPE 164: GROUND TEMPERATURE PROFILE General Description This subroutine models the vertical temperature distribution of the ground given the mean ground surface temperature for the year, the amplitude of the ground surface temperature for the year, the time difference between the begining of the calendar year and the occurence of the minimum surface temperature, and the thermal diffusivity of the soil. These values may be found in a variety of sources including the ASHRAE Handbooks (refer to soil temp). Mathematical Description Kasuda1 found that the temperature of the ground is a function of the time of year and the depth below the surface and could be described by the following correlation:
T = Tmean - Tamp * exp[ -Depth * ( /365/ )0.5] * cos {2/365 * [tnow - tshift - Depth/2 * (365//)0.5]}

Where: T = Temperature Tmean = Mean surface temperature (average air temperature) Tamp = Amplitude of surface temperature (maximum air temperature minus minimum air temperature) Depth = Depth below the surface = Thermal diffusivity of the ground (soil) tnow = current time (day) tshift = day of the year of the minimum surface temperature

The Kasuda equation results in the following distribution of temperature with respect to time for different values of soil depth for a given climate:
30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 0 Depth=3 Depth=50 Depth=0 Depth=1

Ground Temperature

52

104

156

209

261

313

365

Day of the Year


Figure 1 - Temperature Profiles with Depth

The range of temperatures generated by this equation are shown in Figure 2. Line WI shows one extreme that the temperature profile assumes during the winter season. Line SU shows the other extreme that the temperature profile assumes during the summer. In between the summer and winter extremes, the ground temperature profile will lie between the two extremes. In the shoulder seasons (spring (SP) and fall (FA)), the surface is heated and cooled more quickly than the lower depths; resulting in the 'humped' distributions shown in Figure 2.
WI FA SP SU

Increasing Depth
Tmean-Tamp Tmean Tmean+Tamp

Figure 2 - Seasonal Temperature Distributions with Depth

References: Kasuda, T., and Archenbach, P.R. "Earth Temperature amd Thermal Diffusivity at Selected Stations in the United States", ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 71, Part 1, 1965

TRNSYS Component Configuration PARAMETER NO 1 N 2 Tmean 3 Tamp DESCRIPTION Number of depths at which temperature will be evaluated (max. 25) Mean surface temperature (average air temperature or deep soil temperature) [C] the amplitude that the surface temperature experiences throughout the year, the maximum surface temp. will be (Tmean+Tamp), the minimum value will be (Tmean-Tamp) [C] Day of the year in which the minimum surface temperature occurs [Day] thermal conductivity of the soil [kJ/hmK] the density of the soil [kg/m3] the specific heat of the soil (kJ/kg.k) depth of node i for temperature calculation [m]

4 5 6 7 7 to 5+N

tshift ksoil rhosoil cpsoil Depth(i) -

OUTPUT NO 1 to N Tdepth -

DESCRIPTION Temperature of the ground at the specified depth [C]

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