One underground heat exchanger for multiple heat pumps

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 727-738

  Errera, M R ^a   Lorente, S ^b   Anderson, R ^c   Bejan, A ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSA Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructal design; Geothermal; Ground coupled; Heat pumps

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND FLOW; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; GEOTHERMAL; GROUND COUPLED; HEAT PUMPS; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; PARAMETRIC DOMAINS; UNDERGROUND HEAT EXCHANGER;

DESIGN; ENTHALPY; FLOW RATE;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 84880650886     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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