Numerical investigation on the underground thermal imbalance of ground-coupled heat pump operated in cooling-dominated district

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 626-637

  Yang, Weibo ^a   Chen, Yongping ^a   Shi, Mingheng ^b   Spitler, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground coupled heat pump; Numerical model; Soil temperature variation; Underground thermal imbalance

Indexed keywords

GROUND COUPLED HEAT PUMP; GROUND-COUPLED HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER ADVECTIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SOIL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; SOIL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL IMBALANCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HEAT TRANSFER;

ADVECTION; BOREHOLES; GROUNDWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 84878849585     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.04.061     Document Type: Article

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