SCIENZE BIOLOGICHE, GEOLOGICHE E AMBIENTALIGeophysical SciencesAcademic Year 2022/2023

1014197 - RISORSE GEOTERMICHE E APPLICAZIONI

Teacher: MARCO VICCARO

Expected Learning Outcomes

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.

Course Structure

Required Prerequisites

Fundamentals of Petrology, Geochemistry, Volcanology, Petrophysics, Geophysics of the Solid Earth.

Detailed Course Content

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

Textbook Information

Banks D. (2012). An Introduction to Thermogeology: Ground Source Heating and Cooling. Wiley-Blackwell, 526 pp.
Buntebarth G. (1984). Geothermics, an Introduction. Springer-Verlag, 144 pp.
Di Pippo R. (2012). Geothermal Power Plants. Elsevier Academic Press, 573 pp.
Eppelbaum L., Kutasov, I., Pilchin A. (2014). Applied Geothermics. Springer, 751 pp.
Kalaiselvam S., Parameshwaran R. (2014). Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Sustainability - Systems Design, Assessment and Applications. Elsevier Academic Press, 430 pp.
Tinti F. (2009). Geotermia per la Climatizzazione. Dario Flaccovio Editore, 209 pp.

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