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DIRECT HEAT UTILIZATION OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
John W. Lund
DirectorGeo-Heat Center
Oregon Institute of TechnologyKlamath Falls, Oregon, USA
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What is Direct-Use:Heating and Cooling
• Swimming, bathing and balneology• Space heating and cooling
– Including district energy systems• Agriculture applications
– Greenhouse heating• Aquaculture applications
– Fish pond and raceway heating• Industrial processes
– Including food and grain drying• Geothermal heat pumps
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Advantages of Direct-Use of Geothermal Energy
• Can use low- to intermediate temperature resources (<300oF)
• These resources are more wide-spread (80 countries)
• Direct heat use (no conversion – high efficiency)• Use conventional water-well drilling equipment• Use conventional, off-the-shelf equipment
– (allow for temperature and chemistry of fluid)• Minimum start-up-time
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90 130 170 210 250 290 330
Identifiedreservoirs
048
1216202428323640
Reservoir Temperature (oC)Data taken from USGS Circular 790
Frequency vs ReservoirTemperature
194 266 338 410 482 554 626Reservoir Temperature (oF)
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400oF (200oC)
300oF (150oC)
200oF (95oC)
100oF (40oC)
0oF (-20oC)
Temperature use for direct use applications
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Extent of Direct-Use of Geothermal Energy
• Can be used on a small scale(“mom and pop operation”)– Individual home– Single greenhouse– Single aquaculture pond
• Can also be large scale operation– District heating– Food and mineral ore drying– Large commercial greenhouse & aquaculture
operations
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Equipment (1)
• Often necessary to isolate geothermal fluid - to prevent corrosion or scaling- to prevent oxygen from entering system- to eliminate dissolved gases and
minerals (boron, arsenic, hydrogen sulfide, etc.), which may be harmful toplants and animals
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PLATE HEATEXCHANGER
ENERGY
USERSYSTEM
INJECTIONWELLHEADEQUIPMENT
PRODUCTIONWELLHEADEQUIPMENT
GEOTHERMAL
1300F(550C)
1400F(600C)
1800F(800C)
1700F(750C)
PEAKING/BACKUP
UNIT
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Equipment (2)
• Downhole and circulation pumps• Heat exchangers• Transmission and distribution
pipelines• Heat extraction equipment• Peaking or back-up plants• Fluid disposal system
Typical equipment includes:
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DRILLING
Rotary vs cable (percussion)
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Wells Pumps
• Lineshaft – motor on surface (most common in the US) (often used with variable frequency drive) <800 ft.– Less expensive – enclosed line shaft
• Submersible – motor below water (most common in Europe) – high temp. expensive– Deeper setting – best for small/low temp.
Two types used:
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MotorControls
Wellhead
ElectricCableCheck
Valve
WellCasing
Multi-StagePump
PumpIntake
Seal Section(protector)
PotheadSeal
ElectricMotor
PumpIntake
Multi-StagePump
Motor
Wellhead
VariableSpeed Drive
Controls
LineshaftBearing Lubrication
Column Spacer
See DetailDrawings
DischargeHead
Shaft
ProductionTubing
(Pump Column)
Open LineshaftBearing Lubrication
Enclosed LineshaftBearing Lubrication
WellCasing
Lineshaft
Enclosing Tube
Pump Column
Column Spacer
Lineshaft
Pump Column
Column Spacer(Centralizer)
Coupling
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Heat Exchangers
• Shell and tube• Plate• Downhole• Room heat convectors
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Plate heat exchanger
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Downhole heat exchanger
Cement grout
Perforations
Casing
3/4" φ pipe
2 1/2" φ pipe
3/4" φ pipe
Water level
Perforations
Geothermalaquifer
Domestichot water
Citywater
Convectorradiators
Expansion tank
Thermostat
Building lines
Similar toother side
Pressurerelief valve
Pressurereducing valve
Manuallycontrolled
valveMotorized valve
Unionconnectors
Open space
Manuallycontrolled
valve
T
Cover plate
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Room heat convectors
a)
Warm Air
Hot Water
Warm Water
Air
Warm Air Hot Water
Warm Water
Air
Warm Air
Hot Water
Warm Water
Hot Water
Warm Water
Air
b)
c)
d)
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Piping (1)
• Above ground• Below ground• Pre-insulated with urethane foam + cover• Problems
- Metallic - external corrosion – if direct buried- and expansion/contraction must be considered- Copper attacked by H2S – and solder- Non-metallic <200°F
Location
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Piping (2)
• Carbon steel >200oF– Expansion loops or bellows
• FRP or PVC <200oF – Fiberglass reinforced plastic and polyvinylchloride
• PEX (200oF @ 80 psi) cross-lined polyethylene– 2.5 x cost of PVC – only small sizes available
• Fiberglass < 300oF – expensive 3.5x PVC• AC – Asbestos cement
– Environmental limitation– Longest = Deildartunga – Akranes, Iceland at
38 miles
Material
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Concrete BlockGravel
Concrete
Compacted Gravel
Polyurethaneor Rock Wool
Insulation
Steel Pipe
Roller and Pad
Aluminium orGalvanized SteelProtective Cover
Sand Layeraround Pipe
DrainPipe
Gravel Fill
Soil Fill
Steel Pipe
Polyurethane orRock Wool Insulation
Concrete Duct
Expanded Polystyrene Insulation
Wooden Board
Earth
Gravel Layer
PolyethyleneCover
PolyethyleneFoam
Steel PipeEarth Scoria (Volcanic Gravel)
Drainage Trench
1.51
0.751
Soil
Grass Cover
Asbestos Cementor Plastic Pipe
a) b)
c)d)
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Iceland
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Swimming, Bathing and Balneology (1)
• Main Users (past and present)– Romans– Chinese– Ottomans (Turks)– Japanese– Central Europeans– American Indians (Mexico and USA
regions)
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Swimming, Bathing and Balneology (2)
• Spa, Belgium– Originator of the name– Resort town
• Japan– 2200 hot springs– 100 million guests per year– Beppu
• Most famous hot springs city
• New Zealand – Rotorua– WWII hospital
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Swimming, Bathing and Balneology (3)
• Former Czechoslovakia– 1000 years of use (Romans)– 60 resorts– 460,000 patients/year
• USA – used by Indians for 10,000 years– The “Great Spirit”– Neutral ground– Recuperated from battle– Today – 115 major geothermal spas– Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
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Glenwood Springs, CO – largest in the U.S.
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Space Conditioning (1)
• Individual wells for a building or several buildings using pumps or downhole heat exchangers
• Klamath Falls, Oregon (also snow melting)• Reno, Nevada• Rotorua, New Zealand• Taupo, New Zealand• Several Places in Turkey
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Space Conditioning (2)
• District heating in 18 locations in the US
• Piping system– Single pipe – once through system –
disposal• Environmental problems
– Two pipe – recirculation – residual heat conserved
• 20 to 30% more expensive
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Oregon Ins ti tute of Tech nologyCity of Klamath Falls
Klamath Fal ls
Susanville
Litchfield
City of Susanville Litchfield
Correct ional Cen ter
SanBernardino
City of San Bernardino
Reno
Warren EstatesWarren Propert ies
Elko
City of ElkoElko Coun ty School Dis trict
Las Cruces
New Mex icoState Un iversity
Pagosa Springs
City of Ph ilip
PhilipKetchumBoise
City of Bo iseIdaho Capitol MallFort Boise Veteran ’s HospitalWarm Sprin gs Water District
City of Ketchum
Tow n of Pagosa Springs
City of Midland
Midland
Geothermal District Heating in the U.S.
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District Heating – Examples (1)
• Started 1930• 190,000 people (99.9% of city)• 190o to 260oF water – supplied at 175oF• Adequate to –15oF• 830 MWt• 62 wells• Large storage tanks for peaking• Oil fired booster station
Reykjavik, Iceland
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ELLIDAÁRGeothermal field220 kg/s
Deep well pumps
PumpingStation
Deaerator
85-900C
900C
Storage Tanks
Oil fired peak powerstation 100 MWt
Heating
800C 350C1270C 1270C
Mixing
Heating
LAUGARNESGeothermal Field330 kg/s
Drain
Heating
Geothermalwells
800C
350C800C
350CDrain
Drain
Snowmelting
NESJAVELLIR
REYKIRGeothermal field1700 kg/s
Heating
900C 800C 350C
Drain830C
Cold waterwells
Drain
200 MWt
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1980s today
1930s
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District Heating – Examples (2)
• Population 250 - 3,300 ft deep well drilled 1969
• 152oF – 180 gpm – artesian – high & low pressure
• Heats: school, Legion Hall, library, fire hall, and bar/restaurant
• Also used to water cattle, car wash, washfarm equipment and heat swimming pool
• Water is then treated and used for domestic consumption (high pressure line)
Midland, South Dakota
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Pierre
Dakota
Main
Stanley
Northwestern Avenue
Town limits
To discharge
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
89
1. Well house2. School3. Catholic church4. Car wash5. Water Plant6. Legion Hall7. Library8. Fire Hall9. Tin-Buck-2 (bar & restaurant)10. Country Place (store & campground)
N
High pressure(100 psi)
Low pressure(15 psi)
10
To dischargeBad River
Midland, South Dakota – Geothermal District Heating
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Suwa, Japan – district “bathing” system
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Agribusiness Applications (1)• Greenhouse heating (flowers, vegetables,
tree seedlings)– 5 to 35% savings in heating costs
• Animal pen heating and cleaning• Soil warming• Crop irrigation• Mushroom raising• Soil and mulch sterilization• Aquaculture
– 50% increase in growth rate– Catfish, shrimp, tilapia, eels, tropical fish
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Agribusiness Applications (2)
• Must consider heavy metals, fluorides, chlorides, arsenic and boron in fluid
• Can produce CO2 for greenhouses to improve growth– Iceland, New Zealand
• Wairakei, New Zealand– Malaysian prawns, alfalfa drying (pellets)
• Klamath Falls, OR- Tree seedlings, tropical fish
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Tianjin Chicken and Duck Factory, China
(Peking Ducks)
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Tomato drying - Greece
138°F
30 lbs/hr
4 tons/yr
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0 5 10 15 20 25 3530 40
32 50 68 86 104
0
25
50
75
100
125
Temperature 0C
Temperature 0F
CUCUMBER
LETTUCE TOMATO
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Greenhouse heating systems
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Greece
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Temperature 0C
Temperature 0F
0 10 20 30 40
32
Cows
68 86 104
100
80
60
40
20
0
50
Trout
Shrimp Catfish
Chickens
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Aquaculture – ExampleWairakei, New Zealand – freshwater prawns
• 19 ponds – 0.5 to 0.9 acre – 3 to 4 ft. deep• 75oF – effluent from power plant• Produces 30 tons/yr• Harvested after 9 months at 14 to 18 tails/lb• Sold for US$17/lb wholesale and US$27/lb
retail• 90% sold to restaurant on the property• 25,000 tourists/yr• Future expansion to 100 acres and will
produce 400 tons/yr – income of US$ 6.7 mill.
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Refrigeration
• Lithium bromide system (most common –uses water as the refrigerant)– Supplies chilled water for space and process
cooling – above the freezing point– The higher temperature, the more efficient (can
use geothermal fluids below 200oF – however, >240oF better for 100% efficiency)
• Ammonia absorption used for refrigeration below freezing normally large capacity and require geothermal temperatures above 250oF
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300 ton (150 ton net) chiller on OIT campus
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Heat Pumps
• Ground source and geothermal heat pumps (GSHP or GHP) – uses 40 to 90°F ground temperature
• Used for both heating and cooling• 50 to 100% more efficient than air source,
since uses constant temperature resource• 33 countries – US the leader• >600,000 units installed in the US• Growing at a rate of 25% per year
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vertical
direct
pondtwo well
horizontal
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Industrial Applications
• Oldest: Larderello, Italy – boric acid and borate compounds processed since 1790
• New Zealand: pulp, paper and wood processing at Kawerau
• Iceland: diatomaceous earth drying –Myvatn– Fish drying and salt production
• USA: vegetable dehydration (onion) –Nevada & gold extraction (heap leaching) -Nevada
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InsulationFeed Conveyor
Feed
Section A-A’
Geothermally HeatedHot Water Coils
Insulation
AirDistributionGrating
Conveyor Belt
To Stack
A
A’Product
Fan
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Onion and garlic drying - Nevada
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Rice drying - Macedonia
Wet rice
100F 1670F
Dried rice
Heating air
Cooling airCooling zone
Drying zone
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NEW TRENDS• COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANTS
– Low temperature resources used for binary power production and cascaded for direct use
– Temperatures as low as 98oC are being used
– Makes efficient use of the resources– Improves economics
• See GHC Quarterly Bulletin 26/2 (June 05)
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RefrigerationPlant
Food Processing
Power Plant
ApartmentBuilding
Greenhouse
Fish Farm2000C
1000C
Cascading to maximize useof the geothermal energy
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COMBINED GEOTHERMAL HEAT AND POWER PROJECT NEUSTADT GLEWE,
GERMANY• Wells drilled 1986 and 1989 – 7,500 ft• Geothermal water at 208ºF – 2,700 gpm• Heat plant provides basic load for district
heating network – 11 MW (thermal)– 6 MW geothermal – 95% of energy
• 210 kWe binary power plant added meeting the electricity demands for 500 households
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Conclusions• High temperature >300 to 350oF
flash steam electric powerindustrial applications
• Intermediate temperature: 230 to 300oFbinary cycle electric powerspace cooling, some industrial
• Low temperature: 90 to 230oFgreenhouses, aquaculture, & space heating
• Normal ground temperature <90oFpools and geothermal heat pumps
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Space & Domestic Hot Water Heating
• >140oF geothermal water best to provide 120oF tap water - used for wash water, shower water and kitchen water uses
• >120oF best to provide 100oF space heating using forced air, hot water radiators or radiant floor heating
• >100oF best for swimming pools to give 75oF pool water
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Future Developments• Collocated resources and use
– Within 5 miles of a “community” – over 400 in the U.S.
• Sites with high heat and cooling load density– > 96 MWt/mile2 (328 million Btu/hr peak load)
• Food and grain dehydration– Especially in tropical countries where spoilage
is common – and to extend the work season• Greenhouses in colder climates• Aquaculture
– Optimize growth – even in warm climates• Ground coupled and ground water heat pumps
– For both heating and cooling• Combined heat and power projects - cascading
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