An analytical solution for modeling thermal energy transfer in a confined aquifer system

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1507-1515

  Shaw Yang, Yang ^a   Hund Der, Yeh ^b  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Groundwater flow; Heat transfer; Laplace transform; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 57049136720     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0327-9     Document Type: Article

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