Modelling thermal recycling occurring in groundwater heat pumps (GWHPs)

Renewable Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-93

  Casasso, Alessandro ^a   Sethi, Rajandrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geothermal; Ground water heat pump; Groundwater; Potential flow theory; Thermal breakthrough; Thermal recycling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CODES (SYMBOLS); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAT TRANSFER; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OPEN SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL FLOW; PUMPS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER INJECTION; WATER RECYCLING;

GEOTHERMAL; HEAT PUMPS; POTENTIAL-FLOW THEORY; THERMAL BREAKTHROUGH; THERMAL RECYCLING;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PUMP; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84918775089     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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