Geothermal district-heating potential for casinos/hotels in Reno, Nevada

Technical Report · Mon Nov 30 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5349357· OSTI ID:5349357

Results from the pre-feasibility study of a geothermal district heating system for greater Reno and the pre-feasibility study of providing geothermal heat to casinos/hotels located in downtown Reno by connection to the proposed district heating system (DHS) are combined. Geothermal sources were selected from published data. Potential users were selected from aerial and city planning maps, and published building and demographic information. Energy consumption data from the electric and gas utility was matched with consumption information from surveys of representative buildings by category and climatic data. As an example, a written survey was mailed to the casino/hotels and two on-site visits were made. Retrofit methodology and cost were examined for the casino/hotels and representative buildings. Based on the pre-feasibility studies, a geothermal district heating system for Reno appears technically and economically feasible. Furthermore, additional economic savings are achieved when the Reno casinos/hotels are connected to the DHS. Steamboat Hot Springs and a geothermal area east of downtown are the most promising geothermal sources for the DHS. The City of Reno has a large yearly heat load with an average heating degree days per year of 6022/sup 0/F days and a heating season greater than eight months.

• Research Organization: Oregon Inst. of Tech., Klamath Falls (USA). Geo-Heat Center; Trans Energy Systems, Inc., Bellevue, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG06-79ET27256
• OSTI ID: 5349357
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/27256-T15; ON: DE82015113
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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