Direct utilization of geothermal energy for space and water heating at Marlin, Texas. Final report
The Torbett-Hutchings-Smith Memorial Hospital geothermal heating project, which is one of nineteen direct-use geothermal projects funded principally by DOE, is documented. The five-year project encompassed a broad range of technical, institutional, and economic activities including: resource and environmental assessments; well drilling and completion; system design, construction, and monitoring; economic analyses; public awareness programs; materials testing; and environmental monitoring. Some of the project conclusions are that: (1) the 155/sup 0/F Central Texas geothermal resource can support additional geothermal development; (2) private-sector economic incentives currently exist, especially for profit-making organizations, to develop and use this geothermal resource; (3) potential uses for this geothermal resource include water and space heating, poultry dressing, natural cheese making, fruit and vegetable dehydrating, soft-drink bottling, synthetic-rubber manufacturing, and furniture manufacturing; (4) high maintenance costs arising from the geofluid's scaling and corrosion tendencies can be avoided through proper analysis and design; (5) a production system which uses a variable-frequency drive system to control production rate is an attractive means of conserving parasitic pumping power, controlling production rate to match heating demand, conserving the geothermal resource, and minimizing environmental impacts.
- Research Organization:
- Radian Corp., Austin, TX (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-78ET27059
- OSTI ID:
- 6279779
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/27059-1; ON: DE83013375
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
GEOTHERMAL HEATING SYSTEMS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
HOSPITALS
GEOTHERMAL SPACE HEATING
GEOTHERMAL WATER HEATING
TEXAS
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FOOD INDUSTRY
GEOTHERMAL PROCESS HEAT
GEOTHERMAL WELLS
INJECTION WELLS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
PIPELINES
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
USES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WELL DRILLING
WELL LOGGING
BUILDINGS
DRILLING
ECONOMICS
ENERGY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FEDERAL REGION VI
GEOTHERMAL HEATING
HEAT
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
MEDICAL CENTERS
NORTH AMERICA
PROCESS HEAT
RESOURCES
SPACE HEATING
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER HEATING
WELLS
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