Long-term performance of BHE (borehole heat exchanger) fields with negligible groundwater movement

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4966-4974

  Lazzari, Stefano ^a   Priarone, Antonella ^a   Zanchini, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BHE fields; Borehole heat exchangers (BHEs); Finite element simulations; Ground coupled heat pumps; Long term operation

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMAL LOAD;

BHE FIELDS; BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS (BHES); FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GROUND COUPLED HEAT PUMP; LONG-TERM OPERATION;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

BOREHOLE; COOLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEATING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP; SOFTWARE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 78649897030     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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