Transient 3D analysis of borehole heat exchanger modeling

Geothermics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 250-260

  Bauer, D ^a   Heidemann, W ^a   Diersch, H J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b DHI WASY GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger; Geothermal cooling; Geothermal heating; Ground source heat pump; Thermal response test

Indexed keywords

3D ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; CAPACITY MODELS; COMPUTATION TIME; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP; GROUTING MATERIALS; MODEL RESULTS; TEST DURATION; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TRANSIENT EFFECT; TRANSIENT MODEL;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOREHOLE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUTING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 81055156904     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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