Effects of coolant flow rate, groundwater table fluctuations and infiltration of rainwater on the efficiency of heat recovery from near surface soil layers

Geothermics

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-182

  Mohamed, Mostafa ^a   Kezza, Omar El ^a   Abdel Aal, Mohamad ^a   Schellart, Alma ^b   Tait, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drainage; Ground source heat pump; Groundwater table fluctuation; Heat recovery; Heat transfer in soils; Thermal properties of soils

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; DRAINAGE; FLOW RATE; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; GROUNDWATER; LAMINAR FLOW; SOILS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INFILTRATION; PUMPS; WETTING;

CIRCULATING FLUIDS; COOLANT FLOW RATES; ESTIMATION OF TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GROUND WATER TABLE; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; WATER SATURATIONS; COOLANT FLOWRATE; GROUNDSOURCE HEAT PUMP (GSHP); GROUNDWATER TABLE FLUCTUATION; HEAT COLLECTORS; HEAT TRANSFER IN SOIL; NEAR SURFACES; SURFACE SOIL LAYERS; THERMAL PROPERTY OF SOIL;

INFILTRATION; SOILS;

COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; INFILTRATION; RAINWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER TABLE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; SATURATION; SOIL WATER; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84902602882     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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