Fast fluid and ground temperature computation for geothermal ground-loop heat exchanger systems

Geothermics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 651-665

  Marcotte, Denis ^a   Pasquier, Philippe ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fast Fourier transform; Geothermal; Groundwater heat pumps

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COOLING; DESIGN; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GROUNDWATER; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; PUMPS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BURDENS; COMPUTING TIMES; CUBIC SPLINES; DOMAIN APPROACHES; ENERGY COSTS; GEOMETRIC SEQUENCES; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GROUND TEMPERATURES; HEAT PUMPS; HOURLY SIMULATIONS; INTERPOLANT; LOAD AGGREGATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; SOURCE MODELS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS; TEMPERATURE SIMULATIONS; TIME DOMAINS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM; GEOMETRY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; SIMULATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 56949090953     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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