Field-scale evaluation of the design of borehole heat exchangers for the use of shallow geothermal energy

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 491-500

  Kim, Seong Kyun ^a   Bae, Gwang Ok ^a   Lee, Kang Kun ^a   Song, Yoonho ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Geothermal heat pump; Geothermal modeling; Thermal response test

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL HEATING; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; DATA SETS; DEVELOPED MODEL; ELECTRIC POWER; ESTIMATED COSTS; FIELD SCALE; FINANCIAL BENEFITS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP; HEAT PUMP EFFICIENCY; HEAT PUMPS; HEATING POWER; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NUMERICAL EVALUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMAL POWER; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EQUIPMENT; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 76449083880     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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