A software tool for geostatistical analysis of thermal response test data: GA-TRT

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-170

  Focaccia, Sara ^a   Tinti, Francesco ^a   Bruno, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger; Conditional estimation; Drift; Equivalent ground thermal conductivity; Geostatistical tool; Thermal Response Test

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; DRIFT; GEOSTATISTICAL TOOLS; GROUND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SPECIFIC HEAT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BOREHOLE; GEOSTATISTICS; HEAT CAPACITY; SOFTWARE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84880362889     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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