Analysis of geothermal temperatures for heat pumps application in Paraná (Brasil)

Geothermal heat pumps are broadly used in developed countries but scarcely in Brazil, in part because there is a lack of Brazilian soil temperature data. The aims of this work are: to present soil temperature measurements and to compare geothermal heat pump system performances with conventional air...

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Main Authors: Santos Alexandre F., de Souza Heraldo J. L., Cantao Mauricio P., Gaspar Pedro D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016-11-01
Series:Open Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/eng.2016.6.issue-1/eng-2016-0063/eng-2016-0063.xml?format=INT