- Title
- A preliminary study of the effect of groundwater flow on the thermal front created by borehole heat exchangers
- Creator
- Tolooiyan, Ali; Hemmingway, Phil
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/163362
- Identifier
- vital:12858
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12256
- Identifier
- ISBN:1748-1317
- Abstract
- An analysis of the effects that groundwater flow has on the thermal regime created by a ground source energy system is presented. The change in the development of the sub-surface thermal regime caused by a groundwater flow across a site, relative to a scenario where groundwater flow does not exist, is examined. Analysis is performed using bespoke finite-element formulations of both single- and multi-borehole systems. The results of this work show that even a modest groundwater flow across a site can lead to a significant change in the development of the sub-surface thermal regime.
- Relation
- International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies Vol. 9, no. 4 (2014), p. 284-295
- Rights
- © The Author 2012.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Closed loop; Finite element; Geothermal energy; Groundwater flow; Heat transfer
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