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Title: Geothermal space heating for the Senior Citizens Center at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Final report

Abstract

A demonstration project to heat the Senior Citizens Center at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico with geothermal waters is described. There were three phases to the project: Phase I - design and permitting; Phase II - installation of the heating system and well drilling; and Phase III - operation of the system. All three phases went well and there was only one major problem encountered. This was that the well which was drilled to serve as the geothermal source was dry. This could not have been anticipated and there was, as a contingency plan, the option of using an existing sump in the Teen Center adjacent to the Senior Citizens Center as the geothermal source. The system was made operational in August of 1981 and has virtually supplied all of the heat to the Senior Citizens Center during this winter.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces (USA). Engineering Experiment Station
OSTI Identifier:
5347455
Report Number(s):
DOE/ID/01756-T2
ON: DE82014293
DOE Contract Number:  
AS07-78ID01756
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; GEOTHERMAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; TEMPERATURE LOGGING; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; GEOTHERMAL SPACE HEATING; INSTALLATION; NEW MEXICO; PERFORMANCE; THERMAL WATERS; BUILDINGS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FEDERAL REGION VI; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; HEATING; HEATING SYSTEMS; NORTH AMERICA; SPACE HEATING; USA; WELL LOGGING; WELLS; Geothermal Legacy; 151000* - Geothermal Energy- Direct Energy Utilization; 299002 - Energy Planning & Policy- Geothermal- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Mancini, T R, Chaturvedi, L N, and Gebhard, T G. Geothermal space heating for the Senior Citizens Center at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Final report. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.2172/5347455.
Mancini, T R, Chaturvedi, L N, & Gebhard, T G. Geothermal space heating for the Senior Citizens Center at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Final report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5347455
Mancini, T R, Chaturvedi, L N, and Gebhard, T G. 1982. "Geothermal space heating for the Senior Citizens Center at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Final report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5347455. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5347455.
@article{osti_5347455,
title = {Geothermal space heating for the Senior Citizens Center at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Final report},
author = {Mancini, T R and Chaturvedi, L N and Gebhard, T G},
abstractNote = {A demonstration project to heat the Senior Citizens Center at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico with geothermal waters is described. There were three phases to the project: Phase I - design and permitting; Phase II - installation of the heating system and well drilling; and Phase III - operation of the system. All three phases went well and there was only one major problem encountered. This was that the well which was drilled to serve as the geothermal source was dry. This could not have been anticipated and there was, as a contingency plan, the option of using an existing sump in the Teen Center adjacent to the Senior Citizens Center as the geothermal source. The system was made operational in August of 1981 and has virtually supplied all of the heat to the Senior Citizens Center during this winter.},
doi = {10.2172/5347455},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5347455}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
}