The geothermal characteristics of the ground and the potential of using ground coupled heat pumps in Cyprus

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5027-5036

  Florides, G A ^a   Pouloupatis, P D ^a   Kalogirou, S ^a   Messaritis, V ^a   Panayides, I ^b   Zomeni, Z ^b   Partasides, G ^c   Lizides, A ^c   Sophocleous, E ^d   Koutsoumpas, K ^e  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^c Ministry of Commerce   (Cyprus)

^d First Elements Euroconsultants Ltd   (Cyprus)

^e Drilco CK Ltd   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Geothermal; Ground heat exchangers; Ground temperatures; Heat pump efficiency

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; PUMPS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; DEEP ZONE; ENERGY SINKS; ENERGY SOURCE; GEOLOGIC LAYERS; GEOTHERMAL; GROUND COUPLED HEAT PUMP; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HEAT PUMP EFFICIENCY; SHALLOW ZONES; SURFACE ZONES;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

ALTITUDE; BOREHOLE; COOLING; DATA SET; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; PUMP; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SURFACE AREA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CYPRUS;

EID: 79961173502     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.05.048     Document Type: Article

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