Ground coupled heat exchangers: A review and applications

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-92

  Soni, Suresh Kumar ^a   Pandey, Mukesh ^a   Bartaria, Vishvendra Nath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Lakshmi Narain College of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

EAHE; GCHE; GSHP; Passive heating cooling

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; HEATING;

COOLING LOAD; COUPLED HEAT; EARTH-AIR HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND COUPLED HEAT EXCHANGER; GROUNDSOURCE HEAT PUMP (GSHP); HEATING LOAD; PASSIVE HEATING; PASSIVE HEATING/COOLING; SPACE CONDITIONING; WATER HEATING;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 84925308038     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.03.014     Document Type: Review

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