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Title: Energy and environmental issues of aquifer thermal energy storage

Abstract

Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) has the potential to provide storage for large-scale industrial and building heating and cooling at many sites in the US. However, implementation requires careful attention to site geohydraulic and geochemical characteristics. Field tests in the US have shown that over 60% of the heat injected at temperatures over 100/degree/C can be recovered on a seasonal cycle. Similarly, aquifer storage of chilled groundwater can provide building cooling with a reduction of over 50% in annual cooling electrical energy consumption and a factor of 20 reduction in summer cooling peak electrical demand. Heat ATES will require water treatment at most sites to prevent precipitation of calcium and magnesium carbonates and silica (depending upon the temperature regime). Environmental concerns create a need for detailed geochemical and water treatment analysis using models and laboratory studies. At some sites microbiological issues must also be resolved. In some instances bacteria can cause extensive corrosion or clogging of the well screen and surrounding porous media. At other sites effects on indigenous beneficial microbiota and the potential for augmenting growth and release of pathogenic organisms are of concern. Laboratory research as well as field testing is being conducted to extend and augment experiencemore » in related technologies. Results from field testing and environmental monitoring have not revealed dramatic environmental impacts. Rather, they have revealed the strong potential for geochemical and geohydraulic factors to influence successful ATES operations. 12 refs., 3 figs., 2 tabs.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
7020672
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-15909; CONF-881033-2
ON: DE89001999
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: International congress on technology and technology exchange, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 18 Oct 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; AQUIFERS; FIELD TESTS; SEASONAL THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; EVALUATION; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; WATER TREATMENT; HEAT STORAGE; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; STORAGE; TESTING; WATER; 250600* - Energy Storage- Thermal

Citation Formats

Kannberg, L D. Energy and environmental issues of aquifer thermal energy storage. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Kannberg, L D. Energy and environmental issues of aquifer thermal energy storage. United States.
Kannberg, L D. 1988. "Energy and environmental issues of aquifer thermal energy storage". United States.
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abstractNote = {Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) has the potential to provide storage for large-scale industrial and building heating and cooling at many sites in the US. However, implementation requires careful attention to site geohydraulic and geochemical characteristics. Field tests in the US have shown that over 60% of the heat injected at temperatures over 100/degree/C can be recovered on a seasonal cycle. Similarly, aquifer storage of chilled groundwater can provide building cooling with a reduction of over 50% in annual cooling electrical energy consumption and a factor of 20 reduction in summer cooling peak electrical demand. Heat ATES will require water treatment at most sites to prevent precipitation of calcium and magnesium carbonates and silica (depending upon the temperature regime). Environmental concerns create a need for detailed geochemical and water treatment analysis using models and laboratory studies. At some sites microbiological issues must also be resolved. In some instances bacteria can cause extensive corrosion or clogging of the well screen and surrounding porous media. At other sites effects on indigenous beneficial microbiota and the potential for augmenting growth and release of pathogenic organisms are of concern. Laboratory research as well as field testing is being conducted to extend and augment experience in related technologies. Results from field testing and environmental monitoring have not revealed dramatic environmental impacts. Rather, they have revealed the strong potential for geochemical and geohydraulic factors to influence successful ATES operations. 12 refs., 3 figs., 2 tabs.},
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year = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
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