Comparison of a modelled and field tested piled ground heat exchanger system for a residential building and the simulated effect of assisted ground heat recharge

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Wood, C J ^a   Liu, H ^a   Riffat, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy pile; Geophysics; Geothermal; Ground source heat pump; Ground temperature

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE PILES; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVE HEATING; ENERGY PILES; FIELD TEST; FLUID TEMPERATURES; FOUNDATION STRUCTURES; GEOTHERMAL; GROUND FLOOR; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND LOOP; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HEAT DEMANDS; HEAT LOADS; HEAT PUMPS; HEAT REQUIREMENTS; HEATING SEASON; LABORATORY TEST; LOW ENERGIES; MEASURED RESULTS; PILE LOOP; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; RESIDENTIAL DWELLING; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOFTWARE MODELLING; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST;

APARTMENT HOUSES; GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GLYCOLS; HEATING; PILES; PUMPS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 79551701460     PISSN: 17481317     EISSN: 17481325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/ctq015     Document Type: Article

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