Evaluation of thermal response and performance of PHC energy pile: Field experiments and numerical simulation

Applied Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-24

  Park, Hyunku ^a   Lee, Seung Rae ^a   Yoon, Seok ^a   Choi, Jung Chan ^b  

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

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Energy pile; Numerical analysis; Performance evaluation; Pile thermal resistance; Thermal response test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER BOUNDARY; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY PILES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INTERMITTENT OPERATION; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; QUASI-STEADY STATE; THERMAL RESPONSE; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; WEATHERED GRANITES;

PILES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRANITE; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILE RESPONSE; REINFORCED CONCRETE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL REGIME; WEATHERING;

EID: 84870153750     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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