A preliminary assessment on the use of phase change materials around geothermal boreholes

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 119, Issue PART 2, 2013, Pages 312-321

  Eslami nejad, Parham ^a   Bernier, Michel ^b  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS;

BUILDING LOAD; ENERGY CONTENT; GEOTHERMAL BOREHOLES; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMPS; LATENT HEAT OF FUSION; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; SINGLE U TUBES;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84893408960     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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