Efficient finite element formulation for geothermal heating systems. Part I: Steady state

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 988-1013

  Al Khoury, R ^a,b   Bonnier, P G ^b   Brinkgreve, R B J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Plaxis BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger; Geothermal heating; Petrov Galerkin

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; SOILS;

FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATION; GEOTHERMAL HEATING SYSTEMS; HEAT FLOW; SOIL LAYERS;

GEOTHERMAL HEATING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING SYSTEM;

EID: 20844462200     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1313     Document Type: Article

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