Guidelines for conceptual design and evaluation of aquifer thermal energy storage

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6941420· OSTI ID:6941420

Meyer, C F; Hauz, W

Guidelines are presented for use as a tool by those considering application of a new technology, aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES). The guidelines will assist utilities, municipalities, industries, and other entities in the conceptual design and evaluation of systems employing ATES. The potential benefits of ATES are described, an overview is presented of the technology and its applications, and rules of thumb are provided for quickly judging whether a proposed project has sufficient promise to warrant detailed conceptual design and evaluation. The characteristics of sources and end uses of heat and chill which are seasonally mismatched and may benefit from ATES (industrial waste heat, cogeneration, solar heat, and winter chill, for space heating and air conditioning) are discussed. Storage and transport subsystems and their expected performance and cost are described. A 10-step methodology is presented for conceptual design of an ATES system and evaluation of its technical and economic feasibility in terms of energy conservation, cost savings, fuel substitution, improved dependability of supply, and abatement of pollution, with examples, and the methodology is applied to a hypothetical proposed ATES system, to illustrate its use.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Santa Barbara, CA (USA). Center for Advanced Studies
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6941420
• Report Number(s): PNL-3581
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
250600* -- Energy Storage-- Thermal
AQUIFERS
DESIGN
DISTRICT HEATING
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING
PERFORMANCE
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION