Enhancement of geothermal borehole heat exchangers performances by improvement of bentonite grouts conductivity

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 33-34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-99

  Delaleux, Fabien ^a,b   Py, Xavier ^a   Olives, Régis ^a   Dominguez, Antoine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b Dominguez Energie   (France)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Geothermal borehole; Graphite; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; CONTENT REDUCTION; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOTHERMAL BOREHOLE; GEOTHERMAL HEAT; GRAPHITE CONTENT; GRAPHITE FLAKES; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; INHIBITING EFFECT; NATURAL GRAPHITE; PARTIAL DRYING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

BENTONITE; BOREHOLES; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GRAPHITE; GROUTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; MORTAR; WATER CONTENT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 80055075088     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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