A temperature-profile method for estimating flow in geologic heat pipes

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 89-117

  Birkholzer, Jens T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat pipes; Hydrogeology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GAS FLOW; GEOLOGIC HEAT PIPES; ISOTHERMAL ZONE; WATER FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT PIPES; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT PIPES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; PIPE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RESERVOIR;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS; GEOLOGY; HEAT; HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOTHERM; LIQUID; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAPOR; WATER FLOW;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33646255120     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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