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| Title | Clean energy from abandoned mines at Springhill, Nova Scotia |
| Creator/Author | Jessop, A.M. [Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, Alberta (Canada). Inst. of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology] ; MacDonald, J.K. ; Spence, H. |
| Publication Date | 1995 Jan 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 28048 |
| Report Number(s) | CONF-9305402-- |
| Other Number(s) | Journal ID: EGYSAO; ISSN 0090-8312; TRN: TRN: IM9516%%174 |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Journal Name: Energy Sources; Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: Annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Coal and Organic Petrology, Calgary (Canada), 21-22 May 1993; Other Information: PBD: Jan-Feb 1995 |
| Subject | 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ;01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; NOVA SCOTIA; ABANDONED SHAFTS; HEAT EXTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; GEOTHERMAL SPACE HEATING; GEOTHERMAL AIR CONDITIONING; COAL MINING; WATER SOURCE HEAT PUMPS; NET ENERGY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS |
| Description/Abstract | Flooded former coal mines of Springhill, Nova Scotia, contain about 4,000,000 m{sup 3} of water which circulates by convection and may be recovered at the surface at a temperature of about 18 C. The heat in the water is derived from the normal heat of the rocks, and the contribution from chemical heating is negligible. Water is pumped from the mines to act as the primary input to heat pumps for heating and cooling industrial buildings. Annual heat exchange with the mine by the largest user puts more heat into the mine in summer than is taken out in winter. Buildings without heavy machinery, such as office buildings, drain little heat from the mine, so that many heat exchange systems could operate indefinitely, without significant depletion of the heat source. Initial costs of heat pump installation are higher than the costs of conventional oil furnaces, but the operating costs are substantially lower. In the Springhill systems, heat pumps provide summer cooling as well as winter heating, and total costs of geothermal heating are substantially lower than heating by fuel oil in eastern Canada. There is a net saving in the emission of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: pp. 93-106 |
| System Entry Date | 2009 Dec 16 |
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