Abstract:in order to study heat transfer of buried pipe in different strata of the heat exchanger, regarding silt, silty clay and fine sand, clay, silty clay, sand, limestone and granite as the research object, thermal response test has been carried out in the Yellow River alluvial plain, the piedmont alluvial plain and hilly area in Luxi region. As showed by the preliminary test results, as to per meter heat transfer (W/m) and the average thermal conductivity (W/m·k), the largest is granite hole, followed by limestone hole and silty clay, sand hole, and the minimum is silt and fine sand hole. In the karst groundwater enrichment strong and runoff area, the average thermal conductivity of limestone hole is larger than it in the granite hole. This study can provide basic data for buried tube heat exchanger type selection of ground shallow geothermal energy development and utilization project in different strata, shallow geothermal energy evaluation and development and utilization.