An extension of Lauwerier’s Solution for heat flow in saturated porous media

One of the crucial topics in this century is sustainable energy. Since the sources of fossil fuels are limited and are going to be exhausted, there is a need to look for sustainable renewable energy. In this respect, the exploitation of geothermal energy from deep hot aquifers becomes opportune. Hence, insight is required in the heat balance of...

Analytical model for arbitrarily configured neighboring shallow geothermal installations in the presence of groundwater flow

This paper introduces an analytical model analyzing the effect of groundwater flow on heat transfer in an infinite conductive-convective porous domain representing shallow geothermal systems with arbitrarily configured cylindrical heat sources. The model is formulated based on the moving source concept and solved based on the spectral...

A spectral model for a moving cylindrical heat source in a conductive-convective domain

This paper introduces a spectral model for a moving cylindrical heat source in an infinite conductive-convective domain. This physical process occurs in many engineering and technological applications including heat conduction-convection in ground source heat pump systems, where the borehole heat exchangers likely go through layers with...