Temperature distributions in boreholes of a vertical ground-coupled heat pump system

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2672-2679

  Esen, Hikmet ^a   Inalli, Mustafa ^a   Esen, Yuksel ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Borehole; Cooling; Finite element; Ground heat exchanger; Heat pump; Heating

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGER; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND-COUPLED HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP; HEATING MODE; HEATING SEASON; OUTSIDE DIAMETER; POLYETHYLENE PIPES; THERMAL LOADINGS; TIME INTERVAL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; VERTICAL BOREHOLE;

BOREHOLES; COOLING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLASS INDUSTRY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; PIPE; PUMPS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BOREHOLE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT SOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE; POLYMER; SIMULATION;

EID: 68049131354     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.04.032     Document Type: Article

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