Examination of thermal interaction of multiple vertical ground heat exchangers

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 962-969

  Koohi Fayegh, Seama ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ground source heat pump; Heat exchanger models; Vertical ground heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; HEAT FLUX; POWER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BOREHOLE WALL; COOLING BUILDINGS; FINITE VOLUME; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT EXCHANGER MODEL; HEAT PUMPS; LINE SOURCES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SEPARATION DISTANCES; THERMAL INTERACTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

BOREHOLE; COOLING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; PUMP; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84862309697     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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