A study on the thermal performance of vertical U-tube ground heat exchangers

Energy Procedia

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages 906-914

  Zheng, Zonghe ^a   Wang, Weixiao ^a   Ji, Chao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer model; Numerical simulation; Thermal performance; Unsteady temperature field; Vertical U tube ground heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATLAB; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SMART POWER GRIDS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

FINITE ELEMENT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER; UNSTEADY TEMPERATURE FIELD; VERTICAL U-TUBE GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84555208758     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.10.119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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