Using mine waters for heating and cooling
In northeastern Pennsylvania, two heat-pump systems are now operational and another is being constructed. These systems use waters pumped from flooded underground anthracite mines to heat and cool buildings. During winter, mine water is pumped out at about 15/sup 0/C, circulated through a heat-pump system, and returned at about 11.5/sup 0/C to the underground mines. Energy derived from the mine waters is more than adequate to heat the buildings with no need for conventional oil or gas boiler systems. Cooling during the summer is accomplished with the mine water heat pump systems, also at a great cost savings. These systems could be used with discharges from active mines, resulting in savings to the mining companies of 25 to 60% of what is spent on conventional heating and cooling.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6314701
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8204108-1; ON: DE83009586
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1. international mine water congress, Budapest, Hungary, 19 Apr 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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