An HPC-Based Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator for Modeling Underground Geothermal Behavior with Example Simulations on The Treasure Island and UC Berkeley Campus

Chen, Kecheng; Su, Zhenxiang; Soga, Kenichi; Nico, Peter; Dobson, Patrick; Gautier, Antoine; Hu, Jianjun; Wetter, Michael; Sun, Xiang; Cinar, Alp

doi:10.15121/1845277

Title: An HPC-Based Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator for Modeling Underground Geothermal Behavior with Example Simulations on The Treasure Island and UC Berkeley Campus

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This submission contains the source code of the Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator used for the Treasure Island and UC Berkeley campus geothermal simulation. It contains a report that summarizes the development and validation of this Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator, with a case study on Treasure Island site. It also contains a report that investigates the feasibility of upgrading the existing campus energy delivery system at UC Berkeley to a fifth-generation district heating and cooling system that includes geothermal heat/cold storage.

Authors:: Chen, Kecheng; Su, Zhenxiang; Soga, Kenichi; Nico, Peter; Dobson, Patrick; Gautier, Antoine; Hu, Jianjun; Wetter, Michael; Sun, Xiang; Cinar, Alp

Publication Date:: Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021

Other Number(s):: 1359

DOE Contract Number:: FY21 AOP 2.7.1.4

Research Org.:: USDOE Geothermal Data Repository (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-4G)

Collaborations:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Subject:: 15 Geothermal Energy

Keywords:: geothermal; energy; Finite Element; Coupled Hydrothermal Modeling; Community Scale; ground source heat pump; Parallel Computing; Deal.II; district heating and cooling system; Subsurface Heat Response; Treasure Island; UC Berkeley Campus; C; simulation; UC Berkeley; district heating; district cooling; energy delivery; geothermal storage; goethermal energy storage; energy storage

Geolocation:: 83.0,180.0|-83.0,180.0|-83.0,-180.0|83.0,-180.0|83.0,180.0

OSTI Identifier:: 1845277

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15121/1845277

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                    Chen, Kecheng, Su, Zhenxiang, Soga, Kenichi, Nico, Peter, Dobson, Patrick, Gautier, Antoine, Hu, Jianjun, Wetter, Michael, Sun, Xiang, and Cinar, Alp. An HPC-Based Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator for Modeling Underground Geothermal Behavior with Example Simulations on The Treasure Island and UC Berkeley Campus.  United States: N. p., 2021. 
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                    Chen, Kecheng, Su, Zhenxiang, Soga, Kenichi, Nico, Peter, Dobson, Patrick, Gautier, Antoine, Hu, Jianjun, Wetter, Michael, Sun, Xiang, & Cinar, Alp. An HPC-Based Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator for Modeling Underground Geothermal Behavior with Example Simulations on The Treasure Island and UC Berkeley Campus.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1845277

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                    Chen, Kecheng, Su, Zhenxiang, Soga, Kenichi, Nico, Peter, Dobson, Patrick, Gautier, Antoine, Hu, Jianjun, Wetter, Michael, Sun, Xiang, and Cinar, Alp. 2021.  
"An HPC-Based Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator for Modeling Underground Geothermal Behavior with Example Simulations on The Treasure Island and UC Berkeley Campus".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1845277.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1845277. Pub date:Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021

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  title        = {An HPC-Based Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator for Modeling Underground Geothermal Behavior with Example Simulations on The Treasure Island and UC Berkeley Campus},

  author       = {Chen, Kecheng and Su, Zhenxiang and Soga, Kenichi and Nico, Peter and Dobson, Patrick and Gautier, Antoine and Hu, Jianjun and Wetter, Michael and Sun, Xiang and Cinar, Alp},

  abstractNote = {This submission contains the source code of the Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator used for the Treasure Island and UC Berkeley campus geothermal simulation. It contains a report that summarizes the development and validation of this Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator, with a case study on Treasure Island site. It also contains a report that investigates the feasibility of upgrading the existing campus energy delivery system at UC Berkeley to a fifth-generation district heating and cooling system that includes geothermal heat/cold storage.},

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