Operation characteristics and experience of a ground source heat pump system with a vertical ground heat exchanger

Energy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 349-357

  Michopoulos, A ^a   Zachariadis, T ^b   Kyriakis, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy efficiency in buildings; Gaseous emissions; Ground source heat pump; Vertical ground heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CONVENTIONAL HEATING; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPERATION CHARACTERISTIC; PERFORMANCE FACTORS; SEASONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIOS; VERTICAL GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

BOREHOLE; BUILDING; CARBON EMISSION; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; PUMP;

GREECE;

EID: 84875408330     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.11.042     Document Type: Article

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