Simulation of thermal performance of horizontal slinky-loop heat exchangers for ground source heat pumps

Applied Energy

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 603-610

  Chong, Chiew Shan Anthony ^a   Gan, Guohui ^a   Verhoef, Anne ^b   Garcia, Raquel Gonzalez ^b   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ground source heat pump; Horizontal slinky loop heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; MIXED CONVECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GROUND-SOURCE HEAT PUMP; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; INTERMITTENT OPERATION; PIPE MATERIAL; SOIL THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SOURCE; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 84871452578     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.069     Document Type: Article

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