Numerical simulation of a vertical “U” type terrestrial heat exchanger using coastal zone boundary conditions

Abstract

Among the various factors that affect the energy produced a detailed numerical simulation of a ground heat exchanger assuming the mathematical formulacion of the governing ecuations (continuity, momentum and energy) and the energy balance in the wall has been carried out. This formulation requires the use of termo-physical properties, material properties and the ground; in this case, the experimental temperature profile in the ground were measured at Universidad Veracruzana, Coatzacoalcos campus (latitude 18°08’39” N, longitude west 94°28'36” and altitude 10 msnm).