Evaluation of Heat Exchange Wells in Ground-Coupled Heat Pump Systems Effects of Natural Convection of Groundwater in Heat Exchange Wells -

Journal of the Geothermal Research Society of Japan

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 329-338

  Fujii, Hikari ^a   Akibayashi, Satoshi ^a   Ohshima, Kazuo ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitsubishi MatNatRsrcDevmtCorp   (Japan)

Author keywords

heat exchange well; I ground coupled heat pump; natural convection; Nusselt number; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142242728     PISSN: 03886735     EISSN: 18835775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11367/grsj1979.24.329     Document Type: Article

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