Advection and dispersion heat transport mechanisms in the quantification of shallow geothermal resources and associated environmental impacts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 536-546

  Alcaraz, Mar ^a,b   García Gil, Alejandro ^b,c   Vázquez Suñé, Enric ^a,b   Velasco, Violeta ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchanger; Environmental thermal impact; GIS; Shallow geothermal potential; Thermal advection; Thermal dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BOREHOLES; DISPERSIONS; FINANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL; THERMAL ADVECTION; THERMAL DISPERSION; THERMAL IMPACTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ADVECTION; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOTHERMAL POWER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GIS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 84947721120     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.022     Document Type: Article

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