Groundwater Heat Pump (GWHP) system modeling and Thermal Affected Zone (TAZ) prediction reliability: Influence of temporal variations in flow discharge and injection temperature

Geothermics

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-112

  Lo Russo, Stefano ^a   Gnavi, Loretta ^a   Roccia, Emanuele ^a   Taddia, Glenda ^a   Verda, Vittorio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy equivalent; Groundwater Heat Pumps; Italy; Thermal Affected Zone, FEFLOW

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EQUIVALENT; GROUNDWATER HEAT PUMPS; GROUNDWATER TEMPERATURES; INJECTION TEMPERATURE; ITALY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL AFFECTED ZONE, FEFLOW; UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE;

FLOW RATE; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

GROUNDWATER;

DESIGN; GROUNDWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ITALY;

EID: 84890239508     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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