Spectral framework for geothermal borehole heat exchangers

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 773-793

  Al Khoury, Rafid ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convection; Geothermal power; Heat conduction; Heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DEVELOPED MODEL; ENERGY EXTRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT; GEOTHERMAL POWER; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; NUMERICAL MODELS; SPECTRAL ELEMENT; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; SPECTRAL FRAMEWORK; SPECTRAL MODELS; THERMAL INTERACTION;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 77957591264     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615531011065566     Document Type: Article

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