Modelling of a borehole heat exchanger using a finite element with multiple degrees of freedom

Geothermics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-26

  Wołoszyn, Jerzy ^a   Gołaś, Andrzej ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger; Finite element method; Local problem; Underground thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; FINITE ELEMENT; HEAT EXCHANGE; LOCAL PROBLEMS; MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM; NUMERICAL SOFTWARE; THREE ZONES; UNDERGROUND HEAT STORAGE; VERTICAL BOREHOLE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUTING; HEAT STORAGE; MORTAR;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOREHOLE LOGGING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT PRODUCTION; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84873104173     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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