Modelling transient temperature distribution for injecting hot water through a well to an aquifer thermal energy storage system

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 237-251

  Yang, Shaw Yang ^a   Yeh, Hund Der ^b   Li, Kuang Yi ^b  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Hydrothermal systems; Numerical solutions

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; CONFINED AQUIFERS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT INJECTION; HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS; HOT WATER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LAPLACE AND FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; STEADY STATE SOLUTION; THERMAL CAPACITY; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TIME DOMAIN; TRANSIENT SOLUTIONS; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; FLYWHEELS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLASS INDUSTRY; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WASTE HEAT; WATER;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMOMECHANICS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 78349269972     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04733.x     Document Type: Article

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