Soil temperature distribution around a U-tube heat exchanger in a multi-function ground source heat pump system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 3679-3686

  Li, Shuhong ^a   Yang, Weihua ^a   Zhang, Xiaosong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FLUENT; GSHP hybrid with water heater; Heat imbalance; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COLD WINTER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; FLUENT; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; GSHP HYBRID WITH WATER HEATER; HEAT IMBALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HOT WATER; INNER HEAT SOURCE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MULTI-FUNCTIONS; NEW SYSTEM; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURPLUS HEAT; SYSTEM DETERIORATION; TEMPERATURE RISE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TUBE CLUSTERS; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; UNDERGROUND HEAT EXCHANGER; YANGTZE RIVER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PUMPS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER; WATER HEATERS;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 69449093795     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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