Short-term simulation of ground heat exchanger with an improved TRCM

Renewable Energy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-99

  Pasquier, Philippe ^a   Marcotte, Denis ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equivalent thermal borehole resistance; Ground heat exchanger; Short time simulation; TRCM

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; BOREHOLE RESISTANCES; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT CARRIERS; IMPROVED MODELS; MODEL RESULTS; ORIGINAL MODEL; RESISTANCE CAPACITY; SHORT-TERM SIMULATION; SHORT-TIME SIMULATION; SINGLE BOREHOLES; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TRCM;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

BOREHOLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE;

EID: 84860883394     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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