Geothermal space heating for the Senior Citizens Center at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Final report
A demonstration project to heat the Senior Citizens Center at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico with geothermal waters is described. There were three phases to the project: Phase I - design and permitting; Phase II - installation of the heating system and well drilling; and Phase III - operation of the system. All three phases went well and there was only one major problem encountered. This was that the well which was drilled to serve as the geothermal source was dry. This could not have been anticipated and there was, as a contingency plan, the option of using an existing sump in the Teen Center adjacent to the Senior Citizens Center as the geothermal source. The system was made operational in August of 1981 and has virtually supplied all of the heat to the Senior Citizens Center during this winter.
- Research Organization:
- New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces (USA). Engineering Experiment Station
- DOE Contract Number:
- AS07-78ID01756
- OSTI ID:
- 5347455
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID/01756-T2; ON: DE82014293
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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