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Influence on thermal response test by groundwater flow in vertical fractures in hard rock

Gehlin, S E A and Hellström, Göran LU (2003) In Renewable Energy 28(14). p.2221-2238
Abstract
In this paper different approaches to groundwater flow and its effect in the vicinity of a borehole ground heat exchanger are discussed. The common assumption that groundwater flow in hard rock may be modelled as a homogeneous flow in a medium with an effective porosity is confronted and models for heat transfer due to groundwater flow in fractures and fracture zones are presented especially from a thermal response test point of view. The results indicate that groundwater flow in fractures even at relatively low specific flow rates may cause significantly enhanced heat transfer, although a continuum approach with the same basic assumptions would suggest otherwise. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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groundwater, thermal conductivity, thermal response test, ground heat exchanger, borehole
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Renewable Energy
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28
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14
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2221 - 2238
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Elsevier
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0960-1481
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10.1016/S0960-1481(03)00128-9
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English
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  author       = {{Gehlin, S E A and Hellström, Göran}},
  issn         = {{0960-1481}},
  keywords     = {{groundwater; thermal conductivity; thermal response test; ground heat exchanger; borehole}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{14}},
  pages        = {{2221--2238}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Renewable Energy}},
  title        = {{Influence on thermal response test by groundwater flow in vertical fractures in hard rock}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-1481(03)00128-9}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0960-1481(03)00128-9}},
  volume       = {{28}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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