Empirical modeling of maps of geo-exchange potential for shallow geothermal energy at regional scale

Geothermics

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 173-184

  Galgaro, Antonio ^a,b   Di Sipio, Eloisa ^b   Teza, Giordano ^a   Destro, Elisa ^b   De Carli, Michele ^a   Chiesa, Sergio ^b   Zarrella, Angelo ^a   Emmi, Giuseppe ^a   Manzella, Adele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geo exchange potential; GIS; Ground source heat pump; Shallow geothermal energy; Vertical borehole heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; COOLING SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; HEAT TRANSFER;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXCHANGE POTENTIALS; GEO-EXCHANGE POTENTIAL; GROUNDSOURCE HEAT PUMP (GSHP); REGIONAL SCALE; SHALLOW GEOTHERMAL ENERGIES; VERTICAL BOREHOLE; VERTICAL BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGER;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUILDING; CARTOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOTHERMAL POWER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GIS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ITALY;

EID: 84947803196     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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