An improved thermal response test for U-tube ground heat exchanger based on optical fiber thermometers

Geothermics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-406

  Fujii, Hikari ^a   Okubo, Hiroaki ^a   Nishi, Keita ^a   Itoi, Ryuichi ^a   Ohyama, Kunio ^b   Shibata, Kazuo ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO INC   (Japan)

^c Nisshin Techno Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geothermal; Ground heat exchangers; Groundwater flow; Optical fiber thermometer; Thermal conductivity; Thermal response test

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL SOURCE FUNCTION; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATION; HOKKAIDO; INSTALLATION COSTS; KUSHIRO; MEASURED DATA; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOMETERS;

OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOTHERMAL PHENOMENA; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KUSHIRO; KYUSHU;

EID: 70350402110     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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