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Utilization of thermal potential of abandoned wells fundamentals, applications and research /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Noorollahi, Younes, Naseer, Muhammad Nihal, Siddiqi, Muhammad Mobin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Academic Press, 2022.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Utilization of Thermal Potential of Abandoned Wells: Fundamentals, Applications and Research
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I: Introduction to geothermal energy
  • Chapter 1: Historical overview of geothermal energy
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. First traces of usage of geothermal energy
  • 3. Geothermal energy and ancient Mediterranean civilizations
  • 4. Etruscans and developments in geothermal energy
  • 5. Geothermal energy and Roman period
  • 6. Up to 1000CE
  • 7. Middle ages of geothermal energy (from 1000CE)
  • 8. Developments of technology of chemical productions in 18th century
  • 9. Geothermal energy in 19th century
  • 10. Modernization period
  • 11. Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Fundamentals of geothermal energy extraction
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Geophysics of the Earths regions
  • 2.1. Core
  • 2.2. Crust
  • 2.3. Mantle
  • 2.4. Mesosphere
  • 2.5. Asthenosphere
  • 2.6. Lithosphere
  • 2.7. Troposphere
  • 2.8. Stratosphere
  • 2.9. Mesosphere
  • 2.10. Thermosphere
  • 2.11. Exosphere
  • 2.12. Ionosphere
  • 3. Sources of Earths internal energy
  • 4. Classes of global geothermal regions
  • 5. Harvesting the geothermal heat
  • 5.1. Heat extracted from dry rock
  • 5.2. Heat extracted from the hot aquifer
  • 6. Geothermal heat extraction techniques
  • 7. Applications of geothermal energy
  • 7.1. Geothermal power generation
  • 7.2. Geothermal direct heating
  • 7.2.1. Greenhouse heating
  • 7.2.2. Space and district heating
  • 7.2.3. Ground source heating and cooling
  • 7.2.4. Crop drying
  • 7.2.5. Snow melting
  • 7.2.6. Aquacultural heating
  • 7.2.7. Industrial process heat
  • 7.2.8. Other uses
  • 8. Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Optimal simulation of design and operation of geothermal systems
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Mathematical model and numerical algorithm
  • 3. Numerical simulation of GCS exploitation
  • 4. Different seasonal regimes
  • 5. Multiple productive well systems
  • 6. Two injection well systems
  • 7. Multiple injection well systems
  • 8. Future prospects
  • 9. Conclusions
  • Conflicts of interest
  • References
  • Part II: Abandoned wells and its global thermal potential
  • Chapter 4: Harvesting geothermal energy from mature oil reservoirs using downhole thermoelectric generation technology
  • 1. Executive summary
  • 2. Review of geothermal energy development in oil fields
  • 3. Introduction of thermoelectric technology
  • 4. Downhole power generation in oil wells
  • 4.1. Design for a vertical well
  • 4.2. Design for a horizontal well
  • 5. Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 5: A brief survey on case studies in geothermal energy extraction from abandoned wells
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Features of the stored geothermal energy in oil fields
  • 3. Utilizations of the stored geothermal energy in oil fields
  • 3.1. Direct utilizations
  • 3.2. Indirect utilization method and power generation