Estimation of soil and grout thermal properties through a TSPEP (two-step parameter estimation procedure) applied to TRT (thermal response test) data

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 839-846

  Bozzoli, F ^a   Pagliarini, G ^a   Rainieri, S ^a   Schiavi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ground coupled heat pumps; Ground heat exchanger; Numerical modelling; Parameter estimation; Thermal response test

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GROUTING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; METAL ANALYSIS; MORTAR; NUMERICAL METHODS; PUMPS; RESTORATION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GROUND COUPLED HEAT PUMP; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGER; INPUT VALUES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; TIME SEPARATION; TRANSIENT REGIME; TWO-STEP PROCESS; VOLUMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLUME;

EID: 79551526773     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.031     Document Type: Article

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