An improved evaluation method for thermal performance of borehole heat exchanger

Renewable Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-151

  Zhang, Changxing ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Liu, Yufeng ^a   Sun, Shicai ^a   Peng, Donggen ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger; Borehole thermal resistance; Fluid flow rate; Inlet fluid temperature; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW RATE; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; INLET FLOW;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; DESIGN AND APPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FLUID TEMPERATURES; GROUND-COUPLED HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; HEAT BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84918795655     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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