Analytical simulation of groundwater flow and land surface effects on thermal plumes of borehole heat exchangers

Applied Energy

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 421-433

  Rivera, Jaime A ^a   Blum, Philipp ^b   Bayer, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advection; Geothermal energy; Ground source heat pump system; Heat transport; Land use

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; LAND USE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSPORT; REMARKABLE IMPACT; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; THERMAL ANOMALIES; THERMAL CONDITION; VERTICAL BOREHOLE;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

ADVECTION; BOREHOLE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE; PLUME; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84924690108     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.035     Document Type: Article

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