Numerical simulation of ground heat exchangers based on dynamic thermal boundary conditions in solid zone

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 106-115

  Wang, Jun ^a   Long, Enshen ^a   Qin, Wen ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Heat and Electricity   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic thermal boundary condition; Ground heat exchanger; Ground source heat pump; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; ADIABATIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 84878858681     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.04.055     Document Type: Article

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