The use of renewable resources has increased in Europe so that A2A Calore & Servizi, a leading company in the field of district heating in Milan (Italy) and the surrounding province, has built two co-generation power plants in order to produce heat from both conventional sources (combustion of natural gas in boilers, cogenerative engines and turbines) and through the exploitation of the geothermal potential of groundwater by a large heat pump (15. MWt). Geothermal exploitation is limited to the shallow aquifer; the temperature of which, below the first few metres, remains roughly constant throughout the year.Groundwater flow and heat transfer within the subsurface can be simulated using a numerical model to identify the pumping and recharge well layout that maximizes the efficiency of geothermal exploitation and groundwater protection.Starting with the similarity between solutes and heat transport within aquifers, different scenarios of heat pump operation in the Canavese power station, which has a maximum water withdrawal of 0.3m3/s, have been developed.

Solute and heat transport in groundwater similarity : model application of a high capacity open-loop heat pump / G.P. Beretta, G. Coppola, L.D. Pona. - In: GEOTHERMICS. - ISSN 0375-6505. - 51(2014), pp. 63-70.

Solute and heat transport in groundwater similarity : model application of a high capacity open-loop heat pump

G.P. Beretta
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2014

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The use of renewable resources has increased in Europe so that A2A Calore & Servizi, a leading company in the field of district heating in Milan (Italy) and the surrounding province, has built two co-generation power plants in order to produce heat from both conventional sources (combustion of natural gas in boilers, cogenerative engines and turbines) and through the exploitation of the geothermal potential of groundwater by a large heat pump (15. MWt). Geothermal exploitation is limited to the shallow aquifer; the temperature of which, below the first few metres, remains roughly constant throughout the year.Groundwater flow and heat transfer within the subsurface can be simulated using a numerical model to identify the pumping and recharge well layout that maximizes the efficiency of geothermal exploitation and groundwater protection.Starting with the similarity between solutes and heat transport within aquifers, different scenarios of heat pump operation in the Canavese power station, which has a maximum water withdrawal of 0.3m3/s, have been developed.
district heating system; geothermal renewable energy; groundwater; heat pump; heat transport modelling; geology; geotechnical engineering and engineering geology; renewable energy, sustainability and the environment
Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata
2014
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