Finite element modeling of borehole heat exchanger systems. Part 1. Fundamentals

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1122-1135

  Diersch, H ^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; Finite elements; Local problem; Static condensation; Thermal resistances

Indexed keywords

3-D PROBLEMS; ACCURATE MODELING; BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGY; DISCRETIZATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE-ELEMENT REPRESENTATION; FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS; LOCAL PROBLEM; NON-ITERATIVE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POROUS MEDIUM; SINGLE BOREHOLES; STATIC CONDENSATION; THERMAL EXCHANGE; THERMAL TRANSFER;

GROUTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MORTAR; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE; POROUS MATERIALS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BOREHOLE; CONDENSATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 79960924371     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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