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Sensors 2011, 11, 7082-7094; doi:10.3390/s110707082 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Novel Wireless Sensor System for Dynamic Characterization of Borehole Heat Exchangers Julio Martos 1,*, Álvaro Montero 2, José Torres 3, Jesús Soret 3, Guillermo Martínez 3 and Raimundo García-Olcina 3 1 Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad de Valencia, Campus de Burjassot, CP 46100 Valencia, Spain 2 Instituto de Ingeniería Energética, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Campus de Vera, CP 46022 Valencia, Spain; E-Mail: almonter@upvnet.upv.es 3 Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad de Valencia, Campus de Burjassot, CP 46100 Valencia, Spain; E-Mails: jose.torres@uv.es (J.T.); jesus.soret@uv.es (J.S.); guillermo.martinez@uv.es (G.M.); raimundo.garcia@uv.es (R.G.-O.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: julio.martos@uv.es; Tel.: +34-963-544-025; Fax: +34-963-544-353. Received: 2 June 2011; in revised form: 1 July 2011 / Accepted: 1 July 2011 / Published: 8 July 2011 Abstract: The design and field test of a novel sensor system based in autonomous wireless sensors to measure the temperature of the heat transfer fluid along a borehole heat exchanger (BHE) is presented. The system, by means of two specials valves, inserts and extracts miniaturized wireless sensors inside the pipes of the borehole, which are carried by the thermal fluid. Each sensor is embedded in a small sphere of just 25 mm diameter and 8 gr weight, containing a transceiver,