Numerical analysis of a novel ground heat exchanger coupled with phase change materials

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 369-375

  Bottarelli, Michele ^a   Bortoloni, Marco ^a   Su, Yuehong ^b   Yousif, Charles ^c   Aydın, Ahmet Alper ^d   Georgiev, Aleksandar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Flat panel; Ground heat exchanger; Ground coupled heat pump; Numerical model; Phase change materials; Underground thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL ENERGY;

FLAT PANEL; FUNCTIONAL STRATEGIES; GROUND COUPLED HEAT PUMP; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; STORED THERMAL ENERGY; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 85018544543     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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