Borehole resistance and heat conduction around vertical ground heat exchangers

Open Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-40

  Sagia, Zoi ^a   Stegou, Athina ^a   Rakopoulos, Constantinos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Borehole; Borehole thermal resistance; Geothermal; Ground heat exchanger; Heat conduction; Standard dimen sion ratio

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE RESISTANCES; BOREHOLE WALL; CONDUCTIVE HEAT FLUX; DIMENSIONLESS RATIOS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; GEOTHERMAL; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND LOOP; GROUND TEMPERATURE; MAJOR FACTORS; MULTI-PHYSICS; OUTSIDE DIAMETER; PIPE DIAMETER; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; U-SHAPED TUBE; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKING FLUID;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUTING; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MORTAR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BOREHOLES;

EID: 84861854192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874123101206010032     Document Type: Article

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