Geothermal District Heating Economics

Abstract

GEOCITY is a large-scale simulation model which combines both engineering and economic submodels to systematically calculate the cost of geothermal district heating systems for space heating, hot-water heating, and process heating based upon hydrothermal geothermal resources. The GEOCITY program simulates the entire production, distribution, and waste disposal process for geothermal district heating systems, but does not include the cost of radiators, convectors, or other in-house heating systems. GEOCITY calculates the cost of district heating based on the climate, population, and heat demand of the district; characteristics of the geothermal resource and distance from the distribution center; well-drilling costs; design of the distribution system; tax rates; and financial conditions.
Release Date:
1995-07-12
Project Type:
Closed Source
Software Type:
Scientific
Licenses:
Other (Commercial or Open-Source): https://www.pnnl.gov/available-technologies
Sponsoring Org.:
Code ID:
12559
Site Accession Number:
2723
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Country of Origin:
United States

Citation Formats

Huber, H., McDonald, C., Bloomster, C., and Schulte, S. Geothermal District Heating Economics. Computer Software. DOE/CE. 12 Jul. 1995. Web. doi:10.11578/dc.20180627.8.
Huber, H., McDonald, C., Bloomster, C., & Schulte, S. (1995, July 12). Geothermal District Heating Economics. [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180627.8.
Huber, H., McDonald, C., Bloomster, C., and Schulte, S. "Geothermal District Heating Economics." Computer software. July 12, 1995. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180627.8.
@misc{ doecode_12559,
title = {Geothermal District Heating Economics},
author = {Huber, H. and McDonald, C. and Bloomster, C. and Schulte, S.},
abstractNote = {GEOCITY is a large-scale simulation model which combines both engineering and economic submodels to systematically calculate the cost of geothermal district heating systems for space heating, hot-water heating, and process heating based upon hydrothermal geothermal resources. The GEOCITY program simulates the entire production, distribution, and waste disposal process for geothermal district heating systems, but does not include the cost of radiators, convectors, or other in-house heating systems. GEOCITY calculates the cost of district heating based on the climate, population, and heat demand of the district; characteristics of the geothermal resource and distance from the distribution center; well-drilling costs; design of the distribution system; tax rates; and financial conditions.},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20180627.8},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180627.8},
howpublished = {[Computer Software] \url{https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180627.8}},
year = {1995},
month = {jul}
}