Research Article

Study on the Optimizing Operation of Exhaust Air Heat Recovery and Solar Energy Combined Thermal Compensation System for Ground-Coupled Heat Pump

Table 2

The similar days group subdivision based on 24 solar terms of ancient China.

Solar termSequence of similar days groupDateNumber of daysSequence number of days ()Solar celestial longitude

Slight cold (23rd solar term)XH-1Jan. 6~Jan. 1053~7285–290
XH-2Jan. 11~Jan. 1558~12290–295
XH-3Jan. 16~Jan. 20513~17295–300

Great cold (24th solar term)DH-1Jan. 21~Jan. 25518~22300–305
DH-2Jan. 26~Jan. 30523~27305–310
DH-3Jan. 31~Feb. 3428~31310–315

Spring begins (1st solar term)LC-1Feb. 4~Feb. 8532~36315–320
LC-2Feb. 9~Feb. 13537~41320–325
LC-3Feb. 14~ Feb. 18542~46325–330