Analysis on performance of borehole heat exchanger in a layered subsurface

Applied Energy

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-65

  Luo, Jin ^a   Rohn, Joachim ^a   Bayer, Manfred ^b   Priess, Anna ^a   Xiang, Wei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b T V Rheinland Industrie Service GmbH   (Germany)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger (BHE); Ground properties; Ground source heat pump (GSHP) system; Layered subsurface; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELS;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; GEOLOGICAL LAYERS; GROUND PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LAYERED SUBSURFACE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

AQUIFER; DESIGN METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 84903369151     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.044     Document Type: Article

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