Ground (or geothermal) heat exchangers are attracting a great deal of attention as a way of
using shallow geothermal energy. This paper provides not only a critical review but also a …

When designing ground heat exchangers used with ground source heat pump systems, a
critical design property is the thermal conductivity of the ground. Thermal response tests are …

This paper presents a new approach to modeling of heat transfer by ground heat
exchangers, involving unsteady heat conduction in composite media together with complex …

With the attractive advantages of high efficiency and environmental friendliness, the ground-
coupled heat pump system (GCHPs) has been widely applied in various buildings around …

Accurately estimating the dimensionless ground thermal response factor (g-function) is
critical for the design and operation of geothermal energy systems. This process, however, is …

Short-time responses of borehole ground heat exchangers (GHEs) are difficult to predict
because they involve heat capacity effect and various arrangements of U-shaped tubes …

The effective ground thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance constitute
information needed to design a ground-source heat pump (GSHP). In situ thermal response …

It is critical for designing shallow geothermal systems to accurately estimate thermal
properties of soil and backfilling material. This paper reports on a new algorithm for …

This paper investigates thermodynamic performance of borehole ground heat exchangers
with a single U-tube by the entropy generation minimization method which requires …

This research is concerned on heat transfer analysis and modelling in a double U-tube
borehole heat exchanger (BHE), via dividing the borehole into two separate regions. The …