Novel wireless sensor system for dynamic characterization of borehole heat exchangers

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 7082-7094

  Martos, Julio ^a   Montero, Álvaro ^b   Torres, José ^a   Soret, Jesús ^a   Martínez, Guillermo ^a   García Olcina, Raimundo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geothermal energy; Heat pumps; Thermal analysis; Wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960776465     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110707082     Document Type: Article

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