Performance analysis of standing column well ground heat exchanger systems

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 633-643

  O'Neill, Zheng Deng ^a,b   Spitler, Jeffrey D ^a,c   Rees, Simon J ^a,d  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b Cimetrics   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM; STANDING COLUMN WELL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GROUNDWATER; PERFORMANCE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 33750367432     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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