Heat transport in unsaturated zone thermal energy storage - Analysis with two-phase and single-phase models: Heat transport processes in an UZTES experiment

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-88

  Niemi, Auli ^a   Kling, Terhi ^b   Kangas, Markku ^c   Ettala, Matti ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Conductive; Convective; Field experiment; Heat storage; Modeling; Multiphase

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

POROUS MATERIALS;

CONVECTION; GAS INJECTION; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

CONDUCTIVITY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0037399503     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021280408281     Document Type: Article

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