Mine water as a resource: Space heating and cooling via use of heat pumps

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-198

  Banks, David ^a   Skarphagen, Helge ^b   Wiltshire, Robin ^c   Jessop, Chris ^c  

^a Holymoor Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Heat pumps; Mine water; Norway; Scotland; Sustainable energy

Indexed keywords

HEAT CAPACITY; MINE WATER; RECYCLING;

ABANDONED MINE; COOLING; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEAT CAPACITY; HEAT PRODUCTION; MINE DRAINAGE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0043067045     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.814     Document Type: Article

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