Borehole resistance and vertical temperature profiles in coaxial borehole heat exchangers

Applied Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 665-675

  Beier, Richard A ^a   Acuña, José ^b   Mogensen, Palne ^c   Palm, Björn ^b  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Palne Mogensen AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borehole heat transfer; Borehole temperature profiles; Borehole thermal resistance; Ground heat exchanger; Ground source heat pump; Thermal response test

Indexed keywords

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; BOREHOLE RESISTANCES; BOREHOLE TEMPERATURE; COAXIAL HEAT EXCHANGERS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; FLUID TEMPERATURES; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND-SOURCE HEAT PUMP; INTERPRETATION METHODS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST; VERTICAL BOREHOLE; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BOREHOLE; HEAT TRANSFER; IN SITU TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VERTICAL PROFILE; CIRCULATION MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870734806     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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