An analytical solution for describing the transient temperature distribution in an aquifer thermal energy storage system

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 3676-3688

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

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat injection; Heat transfer; Laplace transforms; Mathematical model; Modified Crump method; Well injection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AQUIFER THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; CONFINED AQUIFERS; GEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; HEAT INJECTION; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; MODIFIED CRUMP METHOD; PROPERTY DATA; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; THERMAL CONDUCTION; TIME DOMAIN SOLUTION; TRANSFER PROCESS; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS; WELLBORE;

ADVECTION; AQUIFERS; FLYWHEELS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADVECTION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONFINED AQUIFER; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 78649461098     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7779     Document Type: Article

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