Predicting the fluid temperature at the exit of the vertical ground heat exchangers

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2065-2070

  Michopoulos, A ^a   Kyriakis, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

COP prediction; Ground heat exchanger; Ground heat exchanger simulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FORECASTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; FLUID TEMPERATURES; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; OUTLET-WATER TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSFER PHENOMENON; VERTICAL GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 64649101392     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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