Performance study of a ground heat exchanger based on the multipole theory heat transfer model

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-241

  Hu, Pingfang ^a   Yu, Zhongyi ^b   Zhu, Na ^a   Lei, Fei ^a   Yuan, Xudong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Changjiang Survey Planning Design and Research Co LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Ground heat exchanger; Ground source heat pump; Multipole model; Thermal effectiveness coefficient

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; EFFECTIVENESS COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE OF GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; MULTI-POLE MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS; VERTICAL U-TUBE GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 84880077809     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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