Thermal conductivity of sand-bentonite mixtures as a backfill material of geothermal boreholes

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 35 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1135-1138

  Wang, Huajun ^a   Lu, Junchao ^a   Qi, Chengying ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Backfill material; Geothermal borehole; Sand bentonite mixture; Thermal conductivity; Thermal probe test

Indexed keywords

BACKFILL MATERIAL; DRY MASS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGER; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; SAND GRAINS; SATURATED STATE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PROBE;

BENTONITE; BOREHOLES; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; MIXTURES; SAND;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84860853538     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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