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Geothermal heating : a handbook of engineering economics /
To date all books on geothermics have emphasized its use for generating electricity, with applications of lower grade resources for direct heating meriting only a brief chapter. This book brings together research from a range of scientific journals and 'grey' literature to produce the firs...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1990.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Geothermal Heating: A Handbook of Engineering Economics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Background to the Handbook; 1.2 Geothermal resources; 1.3 Geothermal heating technology; Part I: Analysis of surface systems; Chapter 2. Patterns of heat demand; 2.1 General considerations; 2.2 Heat demand of single user; 2.3 Heat demand of a collection of buildings; Chapter 3. Primary heat exchangers in geothermal schemes; 3.1 General aspects; 3.2 Heat exchanger heat transfer; 3.3 Operation of primary heat exchangers.
- 3.4 Schemes with high well head temperatures and cheap fluid3.5 Heat exchanger costs; Chapter 4. Room heaters in geothermal schemes; 4.1 General aspects; 4.2 Heater emission; 4.3 Heater regulation; Chapter 5. Heat pumps; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Basic principles of heat pump operation; 5.3 Practical heat pump cycles; 5.4 Geothermal applications; 5.5 Analysis of heat pump performance; Chapter 6. Heating networks: layout and operation; 6.1 Basic issues; 6.2 Layouts of geothermal heating networks; 6.3 Operation of heating networks.
- Chapter 7. Heating networks: analysis of network temperatures and flows7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Elements of network analysis; 7.3 Calculation of temperatures and flows in space heating networks; 7.4 Networks supplying space heating and hot water; 7.5 Application of the simplified approach; Chapter 8. Costs of heating networks; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Cost estimating; Chapter 9. Geothermal heat supply calculations; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Temperature governed model I
- layout and operational restrictions; 9.3 Temperature governed model II
- modelling of thermal power levels.
- 9.4 Specimen energy calculations9.5 Critique of the temperature governed model; Nomenclature used in Part I; Part II: Subsurface developments; Chapter 10. Well drilling; 10.1 Introduction to drilling techniques; 10.2 Well costs; 10.3 Well cost modeling; 10.4 Examples of results; Chapter 11. Geothermal fluid production; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Well pump design; 11.3 Reservoir characteristics and dynamic behaviour; 11.4 Simple reservoir modeling; 11.5 Cost estimating; Part III: Geothermal economics and case studies; Chapter 12. Methods of appraisal; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Analytical methods.
- 12.3 Comparison of cash flows and formulation of indices12.4 Approaches to investment appraisal; 12.5 Project appraisal under real and inflationary shifts in costs and earnings; Nomenclature used in Chapter 12; Chapter 13. Market aspects of geothermal developments; 13.1 General assessment of market prospects; 13.2 Comparison of U.K. and French heating fuel markets; 13.3 Forecasts of fuel prices; Chapter 14. Pre-feasibility assessment of the Garges schemes; 14.1 Introduction; 14.2 Preliminary survey and general concept of the schemes; 14.3 Census of users.