Implementing an effective finite difference formulation for borehole heat exchangers into a heat and mass transport code

Renewable Energy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-71

  Mottaghy, Darius ^a   Dijkshoorn, Lydia ^b,c  

^a GEOPHYSICA BERATUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Divisie NL Energie en Klimaat   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger; Finite differences; Heat transport

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; COOLING LOAD; COUPLED HEAT; DISCRETIZATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FLOW TRANSPORT; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; HEAT TRANSPORT; LONG SIMULATION TIME; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PIPE DIAMETER; SIMULATION TIME; SWITZERLAND; U-SHAPED; URBAN AREAS;

ASPECT RATIO; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOREHOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; DIAMETER; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MASS TRANSFER; PIPE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84859576294     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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