Finite element modeling of borehole heat exchanger systems. Part 2. Numerical simulation

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1136-1147

  Diersch, H J G ^a   Bauer, D ^b   Heidemann, W ^b   Ruhaak W ^a   Schatzl P ^a  

^a WASY GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger; Borehole thermal energy store; FEFLOW; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; DISCRETIZATIONS; EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY; FEFLOW; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; GERMANY; HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS; MESH SPACING; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL MESH; REFERENCE SOLUTION; SINGLE BOREHOLES; TRNSYS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; OPTIMIZATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

BOREHOLE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 79960903511     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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