The Geo-mole utilise proven technology from the directional drilling industry to install closed loop systems without the need for conventional drill rigs.
A patented drive head, "the Geo-mole" is hammered into the ground utilizing a single tool compressor.
Two pipe lines one to deliver air to the Geo-mole the other exhausts air back at ground level are pulled into the ground by the hammer action of the Geo-mole.
When the required depth is reached the sacrificial hammer element of the Geo-mole is isolated from the two pipe lines by a patented spring value activated by a ball bearing which locks and isolates to form a conventional closed loop installation.
To install the Geo-mole a compressor is all that’s required so retrospective installations in difficult locations is no longer a logistics problem. This opens up the ground source heat pump market to all building that have basements, courtyards, car parks where historically access for conventional drilling and the associated disruptions, noise, fumes, mud pits and disposal of arising have been a major issue for the GSHP market.
The mobilisation costs for a road towable compressor is minimal so the cost for installation’s of small domestic GSHP systems will be greatly reduced, it goes without saying that the cost savings can be applied to multiple installations both in time and in disruption to owners during installation of the closed ground source heat loops on larger projects.