Natural convection in groundwater-filled boreholes used as ground heat exchangers

Applied Energy

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 352-365

  Spitler, Jeffrey D ^a   Javed, Saqib ^a   Ramstad, Randi Kalskin ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Borehole heat exchangers; Borehole thermal resistance; Ground heat exchangers; Ground source heat pump systems; Natural convection heat transfer; Thermal response test

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GROUNDWATER; GROUTING; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MORTAR; NATURAL CONVECTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS; BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; CALCULATION MODELS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES; SIMULATION PROGRAM; THERMAL RESPONSE TEST; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

BOREHOLE; BUOYANCY; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUT; HEAT TRANSFER; PERMEABILITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SIMULATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84951114014     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.041     Document Type: Article

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