(PDF) AQUIFER THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS: BASIC CONCEPTS …
Aquifer thermal energy storage ( ATES) systems take advantage of natural groundwater in a. saturated and permeable layer as the storage m edium. The. transfer of thermal energy is carried out by ...
Calculating the heat loss of an Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage
TU/e also has a heat-cold storage system in use, saving around two million KWh of electricity annually and over 300,000 m3 of gas. An open ATES system consists of two tubes, approximately 100 ...
Thermal performance of an aquifer thermal energy storage …
Thermal performance of the aquifer thermal energy storage system considering vertical heat losses through aquitards Renew Energy, 207 ( 2023 ), pp. 447 - 460, 10.1016/j.renene.2023.03.044 View PDF View article View in Scopus Google Scholar
Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage
3.1.2 Aquifer. Aquifer thermal energy storage is a concept that has received considerable attention because of its potential for economical large scale and long term energy storage. In this concept, wells are used to carry water to/from the aquifer, allowing transport of heat as illustrated in Fig. 10. Fig. 10.
Techno-economic and environmental analysis of an …
The objective of the present study is to analyse the economic and environmental performance of ATES for a new building complex of the municipal hospital in Karlsruhe, Germany. The studied …
Thermal performance and heat transport in aquifer …
Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is used for seasonal storage of large quantities of thermal energy. Due to the increasing demand for sustainable energy, the number of ATES systems has …
Energies | Free Full-Text | A Review on Concepts, Applications, and Models of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage Systems …
Being a heat source or sink, aquifers have been used to store large quantities of thermal energy to match cooling and heating supply and demand on both a short-term and long-term basis. The current technical, economic, and environmental status of aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is promising. General information on the basic …
Dimensionless Thermal Efficiency Analysis for Aquifer Thermal Energy …
In practice, the fraction of injected heat lost to the confining layers is typically smaller than 0.04 (Shi et al., 2023; Sommer et al., 2015), which is small compared to the magnitude of heat lost laterally within the aquifer, the main subject of this study.
Evaluating thermal losses and storage capacity in high-temperature aquifer thermal energy …
Evaluating thermal losses and storage capacity in high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) systems with well operating limits: insights from a study-case in the Greater Geneva Basin, Switzerland M. Collignon1 …
Review: Hydraulics of water wells—head losses of individual …
Knowledge about the hydraulics of water wells is important to optimize their energy efficiency. By minimizing head losses around the well, energy consumption and ageing processes can be limited, thereby prolonging the well''s service life. The contribution of the individual components to total head loss (drawdown) in the well is analyzed in detail. The …
Interaction effects between aquifer thermal energy storage systems
Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is an energy efficient technique to provide heating and cooling to buildings by storage of warm and cold water in aquifers. In regions with …
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Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) is a technique for storage of hot or cold water in aquifers. Storage of excess heat during summer and reuse of this heat during winter can give an important reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels. Losses from the store...
ATES | Underground Energy
ATES is an innovative open-loop geothermal technology. It relies on seasonal storage of cold and/or warm groundwater in an aquifer. The technology was developed in Europe over 20 years ago and is now in use at over 1,000 sites, mostly in The Netherlands and Scandinavia. ATES is essentially unheard of in the US, with the exception of the ATES ...
Thermal performance of the aquifer thermal energy storage system considering vertical heat losses …
Evaluating Thermal Losses and Storage Capacity in High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) Systems with Well Operating Limits: Insights from a Study-Case in the Greater Geneva Basin, vol. 85 (2020), Article 101773
Predicting the risk of saltwater contamination of freshwater aquifers during aquifer thermal energy …
Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is an underground thermal energy storage technology with a large potential to decarbonise the heating and cooling of buildings. ATES installations typically store thermal energy in aquifers that are also exploited for potable water, so a major consideration during development is ensuring that system …
Thermal performance of the aquifer thermal energy storage system considering vertical heat losses …
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.03.044 Corpus ID: 257443995 Thermal performance of the aquifer thermal energy storage system considering vertical heat losses through aquitards Seasonal warm and cold water storage in groundwater aquifers is a cost‐effective ...
Recovery efficiency in high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage …
In confined aquifers, these buoyancy-induced heat losses result from the tilting of thermal front due to the density difference between the hot injection water and cooler ambient groundwater ...
Hydraulic head
Hydraulic head or piezometric head is a specific measurement of liquid pressure above a vertical datum. [1] [2] It is usually measured as a liquid surface elevation, expressed in units of length, at the entrance (or bottom) of a piezometer. In an aquifer, it can be calculated from the depth to water in a piezometric well (a specialized water ...
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Aquifer thermal energy storage is an approach used to enhance the efficiency in comparison with other ground energy system. ATES installation actively store cooled and heated groundwater in the ground from respective heating and cooling mode cycles (Dickinson et al. 2009 ).
Aquifer
An aquifer is a porous, water-saturated layer of sand, gravel, or bedrock, which contains groundwater or has flowing groundwater. Simply put, aquifers are large, underground stores of water. They are accessible by …
The impact of aquifer heterogeneity on the performance of aquifer thermal energy …
Conclusions. [35] Heterogeneity in hydraulic conductivity affects the distribution of thermal energy around ATES systems. This in turn has an effect on the thermal recovery and the ther-mal balance of the system. Using a Monte Carlo approach, the sensitivity of ATES performance to heterogeneity was determined.
Thermal performance of the aquifer thermal energy storage system considering vertical heat losses …
Section snippets Ground fluid flow Due to the saturated aquifer and aquitards, the fluid flow process in the ground is described by Darcy''s law [25]: ρ f S ∂ p ∂ t + ∇ ⋅ {ρ f [− κ μ f (∇ p + ρ f g ∇ z)]} = 0 where ρ f denotes the fluid density, kg/m 3; S denotes the specific storage, Pa −1; p is the pressure, Pa; t is the time, s; κ indicates the …
Evaluating the global potential of aquifer thermal energy storage …
The global potential of aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is evaluated. • The area particularly suitable for ATES are less than 7% around the world. • The potential hotspots for ATES are determined. • Parts of Asia and …
Thermal performance of the aquifer thermal energy storage …
The aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) system is an efficient method to overcome the gap between energy supply and demand over time and space. Heat storage and preservation abilities are key issues of a successful ATES project.
The impact of aquifer heterogeneity on the …
During the first cycle, part of the thermal energy is lost due to thermal diffusion and dispersion. In the following cycles, the amount of lost energy gets smaller as the surroundings have already warmed up …
Heat storage efficiency, ground surface uplift and thermo-hydro …
High-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) systems can help in balancing energy demand and supply for better use of infrastructures and …
Investigations into the First Operational Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage …
In the context of energy transition, new and renovated buildings often include heating and/or air conditioning energy-saving technologies based on sustainable energy sources, such as groundwater heat pumps with aquifer thermal energy storage. A new aquifer thermal energy storage system was designed and is under construction in …
Thermal performance of the aquifer thermal energy storage system considering vertical heat losses …
Request PDF | On Mar 1, 2023, Yu Shi and others published Thermal performance of the aquifer thermal energy storage system considering vertical heat losses through aquitards ...
Dimensionless Thermal Efficiency Analysis for Aquifer Thermal Energy …
Simple dimensionless analytical solutions for the thermal recovery efficiency of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems are derived, subject to heat losses caused by thermal diffusion and mechanical dispersion.
Thermal performance of the aquifer thermal energy storage system considering vertical heat losses …
Most related items These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one. Qi, Cuiting & Zhou, Renjie & Zhan, Hongbin, 2023. "Analysis of heat transfer in an aquifer thermal energy storage system: On the role of two-dimensional thermal conduction," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 217(C).
Estimating Aquifer System Storage Loss With Water …
This indicates that if withdrawals are reduced by this amount and net inflow remains constant, there would be no continuing storage loss within the aquifer system. The total storage loss within the …
CO2 high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (CO2 HT …
In contrast, High temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) uses deeper aquifers and a larger range operating temperature (between 30 and 90 C). Some active HT-ATES projects show the aim of reservoir depth even over 1000 m and reservoir temperature is over 50 °C ( Fleuchaus et al., 2020 ).
