Constructal Underground Designs for Ground-Coupled Heat Pumps

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bejan, A ^a   Lorente, S ^b   Anderson, R ^c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Laboratoire Materiaux et Durabilite des Constructions   (France)

^c EigenEnergy   (United States)

Author keywords

constructal; dendritic; ground heat pump; tree structure; vascular design

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COOLING SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; PUMPS; SERPENTINE; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

COMPLEX FLOW; CONSTRUCTAL; DENDRITICS; FLOW ARCHITECTURES; GROUND COUPLED HEAT PUMP; GROUND HEAT PUMPS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH GROUPS; TREE STRUCTURES; VASCULAR DESIGN;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84923827617     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025699     Document Type: Article

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