Fast simulation of a vertical U-tube ground heat exchanger by using a one-dimensional transient numerical model

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-346

  Su, H ^a   Li, Q ^a   Li, X H ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Kang, Y T ^a   Si, Z H ^a   Shi, X G ^b  

^a XIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Southwest Geotechnical Investigation and Design Institute Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; COMPUTING ALGORITHMS; DISCRETE SCHEME; FAST SIMULATION; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; INLET TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STEP TIME; TEST DATA; TIME VARYING LOADS;

BOREHOLES; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONE DIMENSIONAL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 80052324523     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2011.600600     Document Type: Article

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