An introduction to thermogeology:ground source heating and cooling
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Published: |
Blackwell Pub.,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford Malden, MA |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 339 p.: ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781405170611 (hardback : alk. paper) 1405170611 (hardback : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | TU833 |
CLC: | TU833 |
Call Number: | TU833/B218 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-317) and index. Geothermal energy -- Subsurface as a heat storage reservoir -- What is a heat pump? -- Heat pumps and thermogeology : a brief history and international perspective -- Options and applications for ground source heat pumps -- The design of groundwater-based open-loop systems -- Horizontal closed-loop systems -- Pond- and lake-based ground source heat systems -- Subsurface heat conduction and the design of borehole-based closed-loop systems -- Standing column wells -- Thermal response testing -- Environmental impact, regulation and subsidy. |