Investigation of buoyancy effects on heat transfer between a vertical borehole heat exchanger and the ground

Geothermics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-59

  Sharqawy, Mostafa H ^a   Badr, Hassan M ^a   Mokheimer, Esmail M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger; Ground source heat pump; Groundwater; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; BUOYANCY EFFECT; GROUND SURFACES; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; SOIL PERMEABILITY; VERTICAL BOREHOLE;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; GROUNDWATER; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

BOREHOLE; BUOYANCY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVECTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELING; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84877832544     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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