Performance assessment of a geothermally heated building

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1502-1508

  Kalinci, Yildiz ^a   Balta, M Tolga ^b   Hepbasli, Arif ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Exergy analysis; Geothermal energy; Low exergy

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EXERGY; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING;

AIR TEMPERATURES; ENERGY AND EXERGIES; EXERGETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; FLOOR AREAS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING SYSTEMS; HEAT PRODUCTIONS; HEATED BUILDINGS; INPUT RATES; LOW EXERGY; MASS FLOW RATES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; PRIMARY ENERGIES; THERMAL WATERS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EXERGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 63149136930     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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