Investigations on the influence of aquifers on the ground temperature in ground-source heat pump operation

Applied Energy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 350-363

  Capozza, Antonio ^a   De Carli, Michele ^b   Zarrella, Angelo ^b  

^a RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO RSE S P A   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchangers; Generalised incomplete gamma; Ground source heat pumps; Groundwater flow; Moving aquifer; Moving infinite line source

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; GENERALISED INCOMPLETE GAMMA; GROUND-SOURCE HEAT PUMP; LINE SOURCES; QUANTITATIVE INFLUENCE; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; THERMAL PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; VERTICAL GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS;

AQUIFERS;

ADVECTION; AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; PUMP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WINTER;

EID: 84876030460     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.02.043     Document Type: Article

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