Thermodynamic optimization of downhole coaxial heat exchanger for geothermal applications
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Tutor / directorFurmanski, Piotr
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Data2010
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Abstract
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Introduction
Currently fossil fuels - coal, oil and natural gas - provide about 85% of the world’s total
energy demand (including heating, transport, electricity generation and other uses).
But, unfortunately, these types of energy resources have some negatives points.
Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources because they take millions of years to form,
and reserves are being depleted much faster than new ones are being formed.
Another negative aspect is that burning such fossil fuels results in major environmental
deterioration. Trying to restrain this rapidly growing environmental pollution,
authorities have more and more frequently turned towards alternative energy sources
(renewable), among which geothermal energy plays a significant role in some
countries.
Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth. Resources of geothermal energy range
from the shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few kilometres beneath
the Earth's surface. The main inconvenience of this energy source is the hardly
economical cost of drilling new wells. Therefore, attempts are being made to adapt
existing boreholes, mostly drilled by the hydrocarbon industry, for geothermal
utilization.
In this context, deep borehole heat exchangers are an environmentally advantageous
way for geothermal energy production. In this project, a downhole coaxial heat
exchanger (DCHE)/heat pump (HP) system is simulated for shallow geothermal
resources exploitation. The downhole, coaxial heat exchanger is designed for two
different scenarios according to the working medium; one using water as a working
fluid and the other one using air. The hot water produced will be used for space
heating and domestic hot water production for a Central European home offering an
attractive way to supply local housing with heat for direct use.
All these systems need an electrical heat pump (HP) by which the low DCHE output
temperature (rarely above 10 ºC) can be lifted to the required level (35-50 ºC). Heat
extraction is established by closed-circuit fluid circulation.
In this project, a thermodynamic design for determining some optimal parameters of
the heat exchanger is presented. In this study, optimum diameter and thermal
resistance for the insulated inner pipe is determined by using the second law of
thermodynamics. The purpose of a thermodynamic design is to achieve a working
system. A goal of the design is high efficiency; minimization of entropy generated
(exergy destruction) is a way to achieve this.
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TitulacióENGINYERIA INDUSTRIAL (Pla 1994)
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