Gábor Szitamechanical engineer
Hungarian Geothermal Association (HGA) - President
New Direct Heat Geothermal Systems
in Hungary
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Energetics
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• Reasons related to the natural gas– High dependency – High price– Ukrainian-Russian gas dispute
• Availability of financial support• Geothermal projects may fulfil the
requirements for the support
The basic formula
High gas price SupportGeothermal Projects
Driving Forces behind the Acceleration
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Environment and Energy Operative Programme
Main conditions:– Support only for the investment costs– The share of the support depends on
• the region• the applicant (local authorities are preferred)• the size of the project• the (extra) revenues provided by the project• the profitability of the project
10% < SUPPORT < 85%
Support Programme
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Environment and Energy Operative Programme
Other important conditions:– Not available for agricultural entities– Strict scoring system – easy to loose, hard to
collect points– IRR must be > 0 (for 15 years)– High quality feasibility study is required
Support Programme
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• A support programme appeared in April, 2008• Many applicants and winners• Very slow process• Gardeners started to drill geothermal wells on
their own finance.
Geothermal Boom in the Horticulture
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New Hungary Rural Development Programme 2007-2013
• Sum of subsidies: 16 M €
Unsuccessful or progressing applications
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New Geothermal Projects
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Operating systems
Shortly under construction
Successful application for support
Application submitted
Location Cost of the project (M €) Support rate
Veresegyház-1 1.2 40 %Bóly-1 1.6 60 %Kistelek 1.8 85 %Gárdony 1.9 50 %Mórahalom 2.0 50 %Szentlőrinc 3.7 47 %Orosháza-1 2.2 50 %Veresegyház-2 2.6 60 %Mezőberény 2.6 60 %Csongrád 1,7 36 %Bóly-2 0,3 55 %Miskolc 2,5 50 %Erdőkertes 1.5 50 %Törökszentmiklós
2.0 50 %
Makó 3,6 49 %Szolnok 2,0 100 %Csurgó 1.8
Orosháza-2 4,4
Debrecen 1,9
Hegykő 0,4
Sum: 41.7
New Geothermal Projects
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Operating systems
Shortly under construction
Successful application for support
Application submitted
Bóly
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Geothermal Energy Utilisation in Bóly
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2,7
km Exploration well 1982
• depth: 1302 m• Triassic limestone• narrow casing• wellhead temp.: 75oC• drinking water• low CO2 content
Geothermal well 2004
• depth: 1800 m• screened section: ~700 m• Miocene limestone• wellhead temp.: 42oC• total salt content: 1300 mg/l• CH4, CO2
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Preliminaries
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• Target: Heat supply for all public facilities based on geothermal reservoir explored by the drilling in 1982
• Preparation steps:– Procurement of necessary permits (water management and
environmental)– Elaboration of a feasibility study– Applying for state subsidy– Waiting for considering the application– Signing the subsidy contract– Preparing the tender documentation
• Project owner: Municipality of Bóly
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Project Preparation
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• 2 new thermal wells (1500-m borehole depth expected)– 1 production well– 1 injection well
• Geothermal technology: submersible pump, tanks, supply and injection pumps, filters, etc.
• Total length of the transmission and distribution pipe-line: 7 km• Geothermal substations at 15 different places: heat exchangers,
control valves, measure and control gauges, etc.• Civil works: 2 small pump houses, manholes• Electric works: electric supply, switches, breakers, etc.• Automatic control and monitoring system, communication: hardware
and software
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Description of the Project
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Combined consumer
Primary consumers
Secondary consumers
EXPLOITATION 75-80 oC
REINJECTION
40-50 oC
25-38 oC
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Conceptual Design
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Production well 2008
• depth: 1590 m• Triassic limestone• wellhead temp.:80oC• flow rate: 60 m3/h• submersible pump
Injection well 2007
• depth: 1497 m• Triassic limestone
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Site Plan with Wells and Pipe-lines
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The Three-Pipe System
1. Grammar School2. Library3. Public House4. Children’s Home 5. Kindergarten6. Old People’s
House7. Health Centre8. Culture House9. Youth Hostel10.Town Hall11.Kolping House12.Office Block
Primary consumerMixed consumer
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Result:
30% more energy extracted from the same amount of geothermal water
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Experience during the First Heating Season
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Bóly – Pictures from the Construction
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• Organisation of 6 workshops.
• Publishing a quaternary newsletter for the members.
• Successful negotiation with the Ministry of Environment and Water in 2005-2006.
• Giving opinion on new measures and programmes related to geothermal.
• Explaination for the original meaning of the word „THERMAL”, used in European languages in geothermal.
Activity of HGA since 2003
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Hungarian Geothermal AssociationAddress 1021 Budapest, Ötvös János u. 3.Phone: (1)-224 0424, fax: (1)-214 5953E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]: http://www.mgte.hu
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