Potential of geothermal heat exchangers for office building climatisation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1126-1133

  Eicker, Ursula ^a   Vorschulze, Christoph ^a  

^a University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart   (Germany)

Author keywords

Building climatisation; Geothermal cooling; Geothermal heat exchangers; Low energy cooling

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOILS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TOWERS;

AMBIENT AIRS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ANNUAL AVERAGES; BUILDING COOLING; BUILDING ENERGIES; COEFFICIENTS OF PERFORMANCES; COOL DOWNS; COOLING APPLICATIONS; DISSIPATED POWERS; FILLING MATERIALS; GEOTHERMAL COOLING; GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT DISSIPATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; INLET TEMPERATURES; LOW ENERGY COOLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION MODELS; OPTIMAL CHOICES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSES; POWER DISSIPATIONS; SOIL CONDUCTIVITIES; SOIL PARAMETERS; VERTICAL TUBES;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICITY; GEOTHERMAL POWER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 56049083243     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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