Feasibility study and numerical simulation of a ground source heat pump plant, applied to a residential building

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3500-3511

  Desideri, U ^a   Sorbi, N ^a   Arcioni, L ^a   Leonardi, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ground source heat pump; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CAPITAL COSTS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COMFORT CONDITIONS; COOLING POWER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SOFTWARE TOOL; WARM SEASONS; WINTER HEATING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; PUMPS;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 80052031359     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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