College Industrial Park : An Innovative Approach to Energy Conservation Through the Use of Geothermal Energy.
Geothermal effluent from the Oregon Institute of Technology campus and Merle West Medical Center has been discharged to an open drainage ditch adjacent to the City's College Industrial Park since 1964. Over the past few years there has been increasing concern for conservation and preservation of the geothermal aquifers in Klamath Falls, Oregon. An effective way of improving the energy utilization is to cascade the approximately 130/sup 0/F effluent for heating buildings in the industrial park and disposal of the effluent in an existing injection well. An aquifer stress test was performed using the 1500 foot well in the industrial park. Based on the specific capacity, data indicate that the well is capable of accepting an injection rate of at least 700 gpm of the thermal effluent. A plume of degraded water will develop down-gradient of the well. However, the plume is expected to bypass nearby water supply wells and will have no impact on OIT and MWMC space heating wells.
- Research Organization:
- Oregon Inst. of Tech., Klamath Falls (USA). Geo-Heat Center; Nork (William E.), Inc., Reno, NV (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG79-85BP25252
- OSTI ID:
- 6801745
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP-25252-T1; ON: DE87007418
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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