Simulation model for ground loop heat exchangers

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 115 PART 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-58

  Yavuzturk, C ^b   Chiasson, A D ^a   Nydahl, J E ^c  

^a University of Dayton   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; COMPONENT MODEL; DEPTH RATIO; DETAILED MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; G FUNCTION; GROUND LOOP; GROUND RESPONSE; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT CARRIERS; HEAT PULSE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; RESPONSE FACTOR; SIMULATION MODEL; THERMAL RESISTANCE; THERMAL RESPONSE; THERMAL STORAGE; TIME STEP; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; PUMPS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77950830987     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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