The influence of a vertical ground heat exchanger length on the electricity consumption of the heat pumps

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1403-1407

  Michopoulos, A ^a   Kyriakis, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy analysis tool; Ground heat exchanger length; Ground source heat pump

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COOLING LOAD; DESIGN METHOD; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY ANALYSIS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP; HEAT PUMPS; HEATING AND COOLING OF BUILDINGS; INPUT PARAMETER; INSTALLATION COSTS; PROCESS EQUIPMENTS; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TIME PERIODS;

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; PUMPS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; BOREHOLE; COOLING; ENERGY USE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 77349122792     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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