Temperature distribution in a field of long Borehole Heat Exchangers (BHEs) subjected to a monthly averaged heat flux

Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 570-580

  Zanchini, E ^a   Lazzari, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borehole Heat Exchanger (BHE) fields; Finite element simulations; G functions; Ground coupled heat pumps; Long term analysis

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT EXCHANGERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL LOAD;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; G-FUNCTIONS; GROUND COUPLED HEAT PUMP; LONG TERM ANALYSIS;

HEAT FLUX;

BOREHOLE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SOURCE; INTERPOLATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84883283949     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.06.040     Document Type: Article

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