Numerical investigation of horizontal ground coupled heat exchanger

Energy Procedia

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 29-35

  Benazza, A ^a   Blanco, E ^b   Aichouba, M ^a   Río, José Luis ^b   Laouedj, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIDI BEL ABBES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geothermal energy; Horizontal ground coupled heat exchanger; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HEAT EXCHANGER EFFICIENCY; HEAT EXCHANGER PIPES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 79960269082     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.05.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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