An investigation of the heat pump performance and ground temperature of a piled foundation heat exchanger system for a residential building

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4932-4940

  Wood, Christopher J ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Riffat, Saffa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy pile; Ground source heat pump; Ground temperature; Pile foundation heat exchanger; Residential heat pump

Indexed keywords

PILE FOUNDATIONS; PILES; PUMPS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SPACE HEATING;

ENERGY PILES; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP; GROUND TEMPERATURE; PILE FOUNDATION HEAT EXCHANGER; RESIDENTIAL HEAT PUMPS;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

BUILDING; CONCRETE; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PILE; PIPE; PUMP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 78649878921     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.08.032     Document Type: Article

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