Aquifer thermal energy storage(ATES)system has received attention for heating or cooling buildings.However,it is well known that land subsidence becomes a major environmental concern for ATES projects.Yet,the effect o...Aquifer thermal energy storage(ATES)system has received attention for heating or cooling buildings.However,it is well known that land subsidence becomes a major environmental concern for ATES projects.Yet,the effect of temperature on land subsidence has received practically no attention in the past.This paper presents a thermo-hydro-mechanical(THM)coupled numerical study on an ATES system in Shanghai,China.Four water wells were installed for seasonal heating and cooling of an agriculture greenhouse.The target aquifer at a depth of 74e104.5 m consisted of alternating layers of sand and silty sand and was covered with clay.Groundwater level,temperature,and land subsidence data from 2015 to 2017 were collected using field monitoring instruments.Constrained by data,we constructed a field scale three-dimensional(3D)model using TOUGH(Transport of Unsaturated Groundwater and Heat)and FLAC3D(Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua)equipped with a thermo-elastoplastic constitutive model.The effectiveness of the numerical model was validated by field data.The model was used to reproduce groundwater flow,heat transfer,and mechanical responses in porous media over three years and capture the thermo-and pressure-induced land subsidence.The results show that the maximum thermoinduced land subsidence accounts for about 60%of the total subsidence.The thermo-induced subsidence is slightly greater in winter than that in summer,and more pronounced near the cold well area than the hot well area.This study provides some valuable guidelines for controlling land subsidence caused by ATES systems installed in soft soils.展开更多
This paper proposes a 3-D convection-heat dispersion model for a confined aquifer. The governing equation of the model contains not only the traditional convection and conduction terms, but also a heat dispersion term...This paper proposes a 3-D convection-heat dispersion model for a confined aquifer. The governing equation of the model contains not only the traditional convection and conduction terms, but also a heat dispersion term which has often been overlooked in many similar researches. The model is used to describe a series of aquifer thermal energy storage experiments conducted at the Shanghai experimental site, including single-well injection, double-well injection/production and multiple-well injection/prodution tests. The simulated temperatures agree very well with the field data (relative error: 2.8%-4.5%). A detailed description of the model is given, followed by a detailed comparison of simulated and measured temperature distributions.展开更多
Aquifer thermal energy storage is a versatile method for regulating building temperatures,utilizing groundwater as a medium for both summer cooling and winter heating.Water has high thermal conductivity and specific h...Aquifer thermal energy storage is a versatile method for regulating building temperatures,utilizing groundwater as a medium for both summer cooling and winter heating.Water has high thermal conductivity and specific heat but is corrosive,creating a mineral build-up that causes scaling.Additionally,its high freezing point presents operational challenges.Vegetable oils emerge as a promising alternative,owing to their lower freezing points.In light of environmental concerns,researchers are exploring vegetable oils as substitutes for petroleum-derived mineral oils.This paper is intended as an initial study using vegetable oils,i.e.coconut and sunflower oil,as the heat-transfer medium in aquifer thermal energy storage.The experiments assess the heat-transfer coefficient of coconut,sunflower,mineral,and synthetic oils when exposed to the same heat source.The study also evaluates the impact of introducing micro-carbon(graphite and charcoal)to the oils.Results indicate that sunflower oil has the highest heat-transfer coefficient of 374.4 W/m^(2) K among the oils,making it suitable for aquifer thermal energy storage applications.Furthermore,augmenting sunflower oil with charcoal powder enhances its performance by increasing the heat-transfer coefficient to 474.9 W/m^(2) K,or a 27%increase.In contrast,coconut oil proves unsuitable for aquifer thermal energy storage deployment because of its low heat-transfer coefficient of 293.7 W/m^(2) K.The heat-transfer coefficient of synthetic oil increases with graphite powder but decreases with charcoal powder introduction.展开更多
The operation parameters and well layout parameters of aquifer thermal energy storage(ATES)system directly influence the thermal energy storage performance.How to optimize the parameters to obtain the optimal process ...The operation parameters and well layout parameters of aquifer thermal energy storage(ATES)system directly influence the thermal energy storage performance.How to optimize the parameters to obtain the optimal process scheme is of great significance to promote thefield application of ATES.Taking the thermal storage performance of shallow aquifer as the optimization objective,this paper compares the influence degrees of key factors on thermal storage performance by means of gray correlation analysis(GCA),and prepares the optimal thermal storage scheme by using the multi-objective optimization method.The following results are obtained.First,the great difference between inlet temperature and aquifer weakens the thermal storage capacity of the system,while the thermal interference between thermal storage wells of the same type is favorable for thermal storage capacity instead.Second,aquifer thickness and well number have a greater impact on the thermal loss rate,while injection rate and well spacing have a significant influence on the thermal recoveryrate.The inlet temperature has the least effect on both of them.Third,the optimal thermal storage scheme is the single well system with inlet temperature of 25 ℃,aquifer thickness of 106.597 m and injection rate of 30 kg/s.In conclusion,the influence degrees of the key parameters on thermal loss rate and thermal recovery rate are different,so in order to improve the thermal storage performance,equilibrium optimization is necessary between both of them.In addition,the optimization scheme effectively expands the thermal storagevolume,and reduces the heat loss while improving the thermal recovery,with thermal loss rate and thermal recovery rate of the whole system optimized by 12.69%and 3.19%respectively on the basic case,which can provide a reference for the rational design of ATES system.展开更多
Underground Thermal Energy Storage(UTES)store unstable and non-continuous energy underground,releasing stable heat energy on demand.This effectively improve energy utilization and optimize energy allocation.As UTES te...Underground Thermal Energy Storage(UTES)store unstable and non-continuous energy underground,releasing stable heat energy on demand.This effectively improve energy utilization and optimize energy allocation.As UTES technology advances,accommodating greater depth,higher temperature and multi-energy complementarity,new research challenges emerge.This paper comprehensively provides a systematic summary of the current research status of UTES.It categorized different types of UTES systems,analyzes the applicability of key technologies of UTES,and evaluate their economic and environmental benefits.Moreover,this paper identifies existing issues with UTES,such as injection blockage,wellbore scaling and corrosion,seepage and heat transfer in cracks,etc.It suggests deepening the research on blockage formation mechanism and plugging prevention technology,improving the study of anticorrosive materials and water treatment technology,and enhancing the investigation of reservoir fracture network characterization technology and seepage heat transfer.These recommendations serve as valuable references for promoting the high-quality development of UTES.展开更多
基金sponsored by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2020YFC1808102).
文摘Aquifer thermal energy storage(ATES)system has received attention for heating or cooling buildings.However,it is well known that land subsidence becomes a major environmental concern for ATES projects.Yet,the effect of temperature on land subsidence has received practically no attention in the past.This paper presents a thermo-hydro-mechanical(THM)coupled numerical study on an ATES system in Shanghai,China.Four water wells were installed for seasonal heating and cooling of an agriculture greenhouse.The target aquifer at a depth of 74e104.5 m consisted of alternating layers of sand and silty sand and was covered with clay.Groundwater level,temperature,and land subsidence data from 2015 to 2017 were collected using field monitoring instruments.Constrained by data,we constructed a field scale three-dimensional(3D)model using TOUGH(Transport of Unsaturated Groundwater and Heat)and FLAC3D(Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua)equipped with a thermo-elastoplastic constitutive model.The effectiveness of the numerical model was validated by field data.The model was used to reproduce groundwater flow,heat transfer,and mechanical responses in porous media over three years and capture the thermo-and pressure-induced land subsidence.The results show that the maximum thermoinduced land subsidence accounts for about 60%of the total subsidence.The thermo-induced subsidence is slightly greater in winter than that in summer,and more pronounced near the cold well area than the hot well area.This study provides some valuable guidelines for controlling land subsidence caused by ATES systems installed in soft soils.
基金This project is partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘This paper proposes a 3-D convection-heat dispersion model for a confined aquifer. The governing equation of the model contains not only the traditional convection and conduction terms, but also a heat dispersion term which has often been overlooked in many similar researches. The model is used to describe a series of aquifer thermal energy storage experiments conducted at the Shanghai experimental site, including single-well injection, double-well injection/production and multiple-well injection/prodution tests. The simulated temperatures agree very well with the field data (relative error: 2.8%-4.5%). A detailed description of the model is given, followed by a detailed comparison of simulated and measured temperature distributions.
文摘Aquifer thermal energy storage is a versatile method for regulating building temperatures,utilizing groundwater as a medium for both summer cooling and winter heating.Water has high thermal conductivity and specific heat but is corrosive,creating a mineral build-up that causes scaling.Additionally,its high freezing point presents operational challenges.Vegetable oils emerge as a promising alternative,owing to their lower freezing points.In light of environmental concerns,researchers are exploring vegetable oils as substitutes for petroleum-derived mineral oils.This paper is intended as an initial study using vegetable oils,i.e.coconut and sunflower oil,as the heat-transfer medium in aquifer thermal energy storage.The experiments assess the heat-transfer coefficient of coconut,sunflower,mineral,and synthetic oils when exposed to the same heat source.The study also evaluates the impact of introducing micro-carbon(graphite and charcoal)to the oils.Results indicate that sunflower oil has the highest heat-transfer coefficient of 374.4 W/m^(2) K among the oils,making it suitable for aquifer thermal energy storage applications.Furthermore,augmenting sunflower oil with charcoal powder enhances its performance by increasing the heat-transfer coefficient to 474.9 W/m^(2) K,or a 27%increase.In contrast,coconut oil proves unsuitable for aquifer thermal energy storage deployment because of its low heat-transfer coefficient of 293.7 W/m^(2) K.The heat-transfer coefficient of synthetic oil increases with graphite powder but decreases with charcoal powder introduction.
基金supported by the Youth Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52104034)the Open Project of the Key Laboratory of Shallow Geothermal Energy of the Ministry of Natural Resources(No.KLSGE202301-05)the New Cross Disciplinary Culti-vation Fund of the Southwest Jiaotong University(No.2682022KJ034,2682023ZTPY030).
文摘The operation parameters and well layout parameters of aquifer thermal energy storage(ATES)system directly influence the thermal energy storage performance.How to optimize the parameters to obtain the optimal process scheme is of great significance to promote thefield application of ATES.Taking the thermal storage performance of shallow aquifer as the optimization objective,this paper compares the influence degrees of key factors on thermal storage performance by means of gray correlation analysis(GCA),and prepares the optimal thermal storage scheme by using the multi-objective optimization method.The following results are obtained.First,the great difference between inlet temperature and aquifer weakens the thermal storage capacity of the system,while the thermal interference between thermal storage wells of the same type is favorable for thermal storage capacity instead.Second,aquifer thickness and well number have a greater impact on the thermal loss rate,while injection rate and well spacing have a significant influence on the thermal recoveryrate.The inlet temperature has the least effect on both of them.Third,the optimal thermal storage scheme is the single well system with inlet temperature of 25 ℃,aquifer thickness of 106.597 m and injection rate of 30 kg/s.In conclusion,the influence degrees of the key parameters on thermal loss rate and thermal recovery rate are different,so in order to improve the thermal storage performance,equilibrium optimization is necessary between both of them.In addition,the optimization scheme effectively expands the thermal storagevolume,and reduces the heat loss while improving the thermal recovery,with thermal loss rate and thermal recovery rate of the whole system optimized by 12.69%and 3.19%respectively on the basic case,which can provide a reference for the rational design of ATES system.
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China under grant No.42272350the Foundation of Shanxi Key Laboratory for Exploration and Exploitation of Geothermal Resources under grant No.SX202202.
文摘Underground Thermal Energy Storage(UTES)store unstable and non-continuous energy underground,releasing stable heat energy on demand.This effectively improve energy utilization and optimize energy allocation.As UTES technology advances,accommodating greater depth,higher temperature and multi-energy complementarity,new research challenges emerge.This paper comprehensively provides a systematic summary of the current research status of UTES.It categorized different types of UTES systems,analyzes the applicability of key technologies of UTES,and evaluate their economic and environmental benefits.Moreover,this paper identifies existing issues with UTES,such as injection blockage,wellbore scaling and corrosion,seepage and heat transfer in cracks,etc.It suggests deepening the research on blockage formation mechanism and plugging prevention technology,improving the study of anticorrosive materials and water treatment technology,and enhancing the investigation of reservoir fracture network characterization technology and seepage heat transfer.These recommendations serve as valuable references for promoting the high-quality development of UTES.
