Aquifer-well thermal and fluid dynamic model to design a downhole heat exchanger

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-180

  Buonanno, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DOWNHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS (DHE);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0032022224     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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