Conference Dates
June 22-27, 2014
Abstract
This study was motivated by the possibility of re-use of buried cylindrical tanks, once a facility for fuel storage at motor vehicle service stations (now relinquished by oil companies), but remaining for use as thermal reservoirs connected to space heating systems (e.g. for convenience stores) in Japan. The ground in which a tank is buried is assumed to be of uniform porosity and permeability, with a phreatic groundwater surface (water table) that may rise and fall, albeit slowly, over time. The ground and the water are subject to heating and cooling according to the season and weather conditions. Here, it is assumed that such changes are slow, and that conditions are quasi-steady for the duration of the analysis. The work is in progress; this paper outlines preliminary results only
Recommended Citation
Robert McKibbin and Shigeo Kimura, "Heat flow from a buried cylindrical tank partially submerged in groundwater" in "5th International Conference on Porous Media and Their Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry", Prof. Kambiz Vafai, University of California, Riverside; Prof. Adrian Bejan, Duke University; Prof. Akira Nakayama, Shizuoka University; Prof. Oronzio Manca, Seconda Università degli Studi Napoli Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2014). https://dc.engconfintl.org/porous_media_V/36