This example demonstrates the use of the :doc:`pipes <../modules/pipes>` module to calculate the fluid temperature profiles in a borehole with independent U-tubes, based on the method of Cimmino [1]. The borehole wall temperature is uniform in this example.
The following script evaluates the fluid temperatures in a borehole with 4 independent U-tubes with different inlet fluid temperatures and different inlet fluid mass flow rates. The resulting fluid temperature profiles are verified against the fluid temeprature profiles presented by Cimmino [1].
The script is located in: pygfunction/examples/multiple_independent_Utubes.py
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References
| [1] | (1, 2) Cimmino, M. (2016). Fluid and borehole wall temperature profiles in vertical geothermal boreholes with multiple U-tubes. Renewable Energy 96 : 137-147. |