Constructal design of underground heat sources or sinks for the annual cycle

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 25-26, 2012, Pages 7832-7837

  Rocha, Luiz A O ^a   Lorente, Sylvie ^b   Bejan, Adrian ^c   Anderson, Ren ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructal design; Ground heat pump; Urban design

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BURIED STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; FLOW ARCHITECTURES; FLOW ASSEMBLY; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMPS; HEAT SOURCES; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE CYCLES; URBAN DESIGN;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER;

DESIGN;

EID: 84867488521     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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