A practical approach to predict soil temperature variations for geothermal (ground) heat exchangers applications

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 473-480

  Ozgener, Onder ^a,c   Ozgener, Leyla ^b,c   Tester, Jefferson W ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth to air heat exchanger; Energy efficiency; Energy saving; Geothermal energy

Indexed keywords

EARTH-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINUSOIDAL FUNCTIONS; SOIL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS; SOIL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; TRANSIENT HEAT FLOW;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84876145225     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.03.031     Document Type: Article

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