Water chemistry issues in geothermal heat pump systems

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 110 PART 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 550-555

  Rafferty, Kevin D ^a  

^a Geo Heat Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON BACTERIA; OPEN LOOP HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MAINTENANCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUBILITY; WATER QUALITY;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 2442592995     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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