High-temperature heat storage in geological media: High-resolution simulation of near-borehole processes

Geotechnique Letters

Volumn 4, Issue April-June, 2014, Pages 151-156

  Boockmeyer, A ^a   Bauer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling; Groundwater; Numerical modelling; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GROUTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MORTAR; NUMERICAL MODELS; POTABLE WATER; SOILS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL EFFECTS;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; INJECTION TEMPERATURE; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; SOIL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; THERMO-HYDRAULIC SIMULATIONS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PERMEABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84931084701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geolett.13.00060     Document Type: Article

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