The course has the specific aim of providing adequate skills on types of geothermal resources, with particular attention to low-enthalpy resources, and on technological methods for their employment.
Introduction to Thermogeology
Energetic resources, sources and energy production
Principles of heat transfer
Heat fluxes and geothermal anomalies on Earth
Types of geothermal systems
Geothermal power plants
Ground as Heat Storage Reservoir
Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP)
Types of low-enthaply geothermal systems with GSHP technology
Environmental impact, regulation and geohazards associated to low-enthaply geothermal systems