Efficient numerical modeling of borehole heat exchangers

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1301-1315

  Al Khoury, R ^a   Kolbel T ^b   Schramedei, R ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EnBW Kraftwerke AG   (Germany)

^c Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG Vertrieb Technische Netzdienstleistungen   (Germany)

Author keywords

BHE; Geothermal heat pumps; Geothermic; Heat transfer; Space heating

Indexed keywords

BHE; BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; COARSE MESHES; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CPU TIME; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP; GEOTHERMIC; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; MEASURED RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELING; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; SOIL MASS; SURROUNDING SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; SOILS; SPACE HEATING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 77956722555     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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