A review on thermal response test of ground-coupled heat pump systems

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 851-867

  Zhang, Changxing ^a   Guo, Zhanjun ^b   Liu, Yufeng ^a   Cong, Xiaochun ^a   Peng, Donggen ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^c NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ground heat exchanger (GHE); Mathematical models for GHE; Parameter identification methods; Thermal response test (TRT)

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND-COUPLED HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT INPUT; PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION METHODS; TEST SETUPS; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 84906891374     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.018     Document Type: Review

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