Computer simulation of borehole ground heat exchangers for geothermal heat pump systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1286-1296

  Lee, C K ^a   Lam, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Borefield; Borehole; Ground heat exchanger; Ground source heat pump; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GROUND HEAT EXCHANGER; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

BOREHOLES; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOREHOLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 39349108931     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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