Experimental and theoretical investigation of thermal performance of underground cold-water reservoirs

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 816-824

  Dehghan, A A ^a   Dehghani, A R ^b  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Exergy analysis; Passive cooling system; Thermal stratification; Underground cold water reservoir

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BOTTOM LAYERS; BOTTOM WATER; COLD ENERGY; COOLING CAPACITY; DRINKING WATER; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEM; STORAGE RESERVOIRS; STRATIFIED RESERVOIRS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; UNDERGROUND COLD-WATER RESERVOIR; WATER LAYERS; WATER RESERVOIR; WATER SURFACE; WATER WITHDRAWAL; WIND VELOCITIES;

ASPECT RATIO; COLD STORAGE; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; EXERGY; MIXED CONVECTION; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 79952005976     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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