Ground heat transfer: A numerical simulation of a full-scale experiment

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1478-1488

  Rees, S W ^a   Zhou, Z ^a   Thomas, H R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Energy efficiency; Field measurement; Ground; Heat transfer; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EARTH-CONTACT STRUCTURE; GROUND-HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL RESPONSE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT CAPACITY; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 33751200485     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.12.022     Document Type: Article

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