A methodology for the calculation of response functions for geothermal fields with arbitrarily oriented boreholes – Part 1

Alberto Lazzarotto

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 86, issue C, 1380-1393

Abstract: This article is part of a two paper series presenting a development in the methodology for the calculation of response functions for geothermal fields with arbitrarly oriented boreholes. In the method utilized, boreholes are represented as sets of stacked line sources and the borehole temperatures are calculated by means of a superposition procedure. This particular paper is focused on the efficient computation of the building block of this approach, which is the non dimensional mean temperature response g˜(t) along a finite line due to a step heat injection along a second finite line, where the lines are arbitrarily oriented.

Keywords: Inclined boreholes; G-functions; Computational efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.09.056

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