Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus

Tinjum, James; Thomas, Lauren; Holcomb, Franklin

doi:10.15121/1601452

Title: Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus

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A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) spreadsheet tool was developed to analyze potential environmental benefits of a deep direct-use (DDU) geothermal energy system (GES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of IL) campus. The LCA spreadsheet tool is a unique contribution to the feasibility study that provides further insight into the cradle-to-grave environmental impacts associated with the GES over the operating life time, as well as other DDU GES with similar objectives. The tool allows for a more in-depth analysis of the feasibility of DDU GES with respect to the overall environmental impacts. For the U of IL assessment, a doublet (two-well) system is evaluated, which is connected to aboveground mechanical system to supply heating to six agricultural research facilities. The additional of new equipment are assessed for the technical and economic feasibility. The results from this study will also allow geothermal resources from the entirety of the Illinois Basin (ILB) to be assessed and allow the DDU technology to be extended to additional areas of the ILB and other low-temperature sedimentary basins with similar characteristics.

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; Thomas, Lauren; Holcomb, Franklin

University of Illinois

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 30 23:00:00 EST 2020

Other Number(s):: 1204

DOE Contract Number:: EE0008106

Research Org.:: DOE Geothermal Data Repository; University of Illinois

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-2C)

Collaborations:: University of Illinois

Subject:: 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; Champagne Urbana; Illinois Basin; University of Illinois; agrcicultural research facilities; assessment; benefit; cradle-to-grave environmental impacts; ddu; deep direct-use; energy; environment; environmental; feasibility; geothermal; impact; lca; life cycle; life cycle assessment; low-temperature; sedimentary basin; spreadsheet tool; tool

OSTI Identifier:: 1601452

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15121/1601452

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                    Tinjum, James, Thomas, Lauren, and Holcomb, Franklin. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Tinjum, James, Thomas, Lauren, & Holcomb, Franklin. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1601452

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                    Tinjum, James, Thomas, Lauren, and Holcomb, Franklin. 2020.  
"Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1601452.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1601452. Pub date:Thu Jan 30 23:00:00 EST 2020

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  title        = {Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus},

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  abstractNote = {A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) spreadsheet tool was developed to analyze potential environmental benefits of a deep direct-use (DDU) geothermal energy system (GES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of IL) campus. The LCA spreadsheet tool is a unique contribution to the feasibility study that provides further insight into the cradle-to-grave environmental impacts associated with the GES over the operating life time, as well as other DDU GES with similar objectives. The tool allows for a more in-depth analysis of the feasibility of DDU GES with respect to the overall environmental impacts. For the U of IL assessment, a doublet (two-well) system is evaluated, which is connected to aboveground mechanical system to supply heating to six agricultural research facilities. The additional of new equipment are assessed for the technical and economic feasibility. The results from this study will also allow geothermal resources from the entirety of the Illinois Basin (ILB) to be assessed and allow the DDU technology to be extended to additional areas of the ILB and other low-temperature sedimentary basins with similar characteristics.},

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