Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed Boreholes
Geothermal energy storage provides opportunities to store renewable energy underground during summer for utilization in winter. Vertically oriented systems have been the standard when employing boreholes as the means to charge and discharge the underground. Horizontally oriented borehole storage sys...
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| description | Geothermal energy storage provides opportunities to store renewable energy underground during summer for utilization in winter. Vertically oriented systems have been the standard when employing boreholes as the means to charge and discharge the underground. Horizontally oriented borehole storage systems provide an application range with specific advantages over vertically oriented systems. They are not limited to the surface requirements needed for installation with vertical systems and have the potential to limit storage losses. Horizontal systems can be incorporated into the built environment and utilize underground storage sites below existing infrastructure. An experimental study examines configurations using a mix of renewable energy (photovoltaic panels) and grid energy to charge a storage system during summer for use during winter. A comparison of five different borehole configurations at three different loading temperatures was composed using an experimentally validated numerical model. The horizontal systems studied and analyzed in this work showed improved performance with scale and charging temperature. This paper supports further exploration into specific use cases for horizontal borehole thermal energy storage systems and suggests applications which would take advantage of better performance at scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ede4142947a4d16985f5cdf14d1f9802023-11-24T18:23:48ZengMDPI AGThermo2673-72642022-12-012445348110.3390/thermo2040030Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed BoreholesRobert Beaufait0Willy Villasmil1Sebastian Ammann2Ludger Fischer3Competence Center Thermal Energy Storage (CCTES), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Technikumstrasse 21, 6048 Horw, SwitzerlandCompetence Center Thermal Energy Storage (CCTES), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Technikumstrasse 21, 6048 Horw, SwitzerlandCompetence Center Thermal Energy Storage (CCTES), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Technikumstrasse 21, 6048 Horw, SwitzerlandCompetence Center Thermal Energy Storage (CCTES), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Technikumstrasse 21, 6048 Horw, SwitzerlandGeothermal energy storage provides opportunities to store renewable energy underground during summer for utilization in winter. Vertically oriented systems have been the standard when employing boreholes as the means to charge and discharge the underground. Horizontally oriented borehole storage systems provide an application range with specific advantages over vertically oriented systems. They are not limited to the surface requirements needed for installation with vertical systems and have the potential to limit storage losses. Horizontal systems can be incorporated into the built environment and utilize underground storage sites below existing infrastructure. An experimental study examines configurations using a mix of renewable energy (photovoltaic panels) and grid energy to charge a storage system during summer for use during winter. A comparison of five different borehole configurations at three different loading temperatures was composed using an experimentally validated numerical model. The horizontal systems studied and analyzed in this work showed improved performance with scale and charging temperature. This paper supports further exploration into specific use cases for horizontal borehole thermal energy storage systems and suggests applications which would take advantage of better performance at scale.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7264/2/4/30horizontal boreholesensible thermal energy storageseasonal storagethermal grids |
| spellingShingle | Robert Beaufait Willy Villasmil Sebastian Ammann Ludger Fischer Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed Boreholes Thermo horizontal borehole sensible thermal energy storage seasonal storage thermal grids |
| title | Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed Boreholes |
| title_full | Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed Boreholes |
| title_fullStr | Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed Boreholes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed Boreholes |
| title_short | Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed Boreholes |
| title_sort | techno economic analysis of a seasonal thermal energy storage system with 3 dimensional horizontally directed boreholes |
| topic | horizontal borehole sensible thermal energy storage seasonal storage thermal grids |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7264/2/4/30 |
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