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GHX GridBuilder TM Module with Angular Borehole Design
This new module enables designers to easily design complex, real-world layouts from within GLD. The latest version features the addition of designing with Angular Boreholes! A process that used to be difficult and tedious is now accomplished with ease. The GridBuilder is easy to use, intuitive and offers simple, yet powerful controls that can build shapes with ease that is not available in any other geothermal design program. The user has full control of shapes, offsets, spacings, angles and borehole frequency. Multiple groupings within a single project design layout allows for full flexibility in modeling and layout. Screenshots below show the interface and a couple sample layouts that are "non-standard" shapes built with the GridBuilder tool.
This example is a double "L" shape that might be used around an obstacle.
The below example features four groups of boreholes that could surround a building with a circular front and rectangular back border.
The newest feature in the GLD Gridbuilder is the ability to model boreholes that are drilled at an angle to the surface. Newer drilling equipment allows the designer the option to take advantage of limited surface space by drilling at an angle, which provides separation as the borehole moves down and away from the point of origin. In the diagram below, the boreholes have been drilled at an angle from a surface grouping that is a hollow rectangle. The boreholes are an 8x4 grid with 15 ft separation at the surface and drilled at an angle of 30 degrees, to a length of 300 ft.
