Numerical evaluation of the effects of groundwater flow on borehole heat exchanger arrays

Renewable Energy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 230-240

  Choi, Jung Chan ^a   Park, Joonsang ^a   Lee, Seung Rae ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger array; Coupled heat conduction advection model; Geothermal; Groundwater flow

Indexed keywords

ARRAY-TYPE; BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; COUPLED HEAT; FLOW DIRECTION; FLUID TEMPERATURES; GEOTHERMAL; NUMERICAL EVALUATIONS; RECTANGULAR ARRAYS;

ADVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PECLET NUMBER;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

BOREHOLE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT CAPACITY; HEAT FLUX; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84869881430     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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