Hydraulic characterization of aquifers by thermal response testing: Validation by large-scale tank and field experiments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-85

  Wagner, Valentin ^a   Bayer, Peter ^b   Bisch, Gerhard ^c   Kübert, Markus ^d   Blum, Philipp ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d Tewag Technologie Erdwärmeanlagen Umweltschutz GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

advection; Darcy velocity; moving line source; parameter estimation; thermal response test

Indexed keywords

DARCY VELOCITY; DATA INTERPRETATION; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERIZATION; INVESTIGATION METHODS; LINE SOURCES; TEMPERATURE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST; THERMAL TRANSPORT PARAMETERS;

ADVECTION; AQUIFERS; DATA PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BOREHOLE; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PENETRATION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SIEVING;

EID: 84896698781     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013939     Document Type: Article

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