A moving finite line source model to simulate borehole heat exchangers with groundwater advection

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2506-2513

  Molina Giraldo, Nelson ^a   Blum, Philipp ^b   Zhu, Ke ^a   Bayer, Peter ^c   Fang, Zhaohong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SHANDONG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Borehole heat exchanger; Finite length; Ground source heat pump; Line source

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGER; FINITE LENGTH; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP; LINE SOURCES;

BOREHOLES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PECLET NUMBER; PUMPS; THERMOANALYSIS; WAKES;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 80052701931     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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