Utilization of Thermal Potential of Abandoned Wells

Fundamentals, Applications and Research
Herausgegeben:Noorollahi, Younes; Naseer, Muhammad Nihal; Siddiqi, Muhammad Mobin

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Produktbeschreibung

Utilization of Thermal Potential of Abandoned Wells: Fundamentals, Applications and Research is a lucid treatment of the fundamental concepts related to the energy harvesting of abandoned wells. The book provides a journey through recent technological developments to harvest energy from abandoned geothermal wells and allows the reader to view the process from a thermodynamic and numerical modeling perspective. Various applications and future prospects are also discussed to help inform reader's future work and research. Students, researchers and engineers will gain a thorough understanding on how to harvest energy from abandoned geothermal wells, particularly to make sound thermodynamic and economic evaluations.

System designers and others engaged in the energy sector will understand how to design and choose the most appropriate technology, how to determine its efficiency, monitor the facility, and how to make informed physical and economical decisions for necessary improvements and environmental assessments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Press / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2020-0-04095-8
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 22mm x 152mm x 229mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9780323906166
• ISBN-10: 0323906168
• Artikelnr.: 62889998

Autorenporträt

Younes Noorollahi is Associate Professor and Head of Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering Department at Faculty of New Sciences and Technology, University of Tehran-Iran. His research interest spans over energy modelling, energy system analysis and auditing, geothermal energy, renewable energy resources assessment, energy and environment nexus and wind, water, biomass and waves energies technology. He is the author or co-author of more than 70 papers in international refereed journals and more than 200 conference contributions. He has also compiled about 7 books, published by reputed publishers. He has given several invited/plenary talks at international conferences.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction to geothermal energy
1. Introduction to energy harvesting systems
2. Historical overview of geothermal energy
3. Fundamentals of geothermal energy
4. Thermodynamics of geothermal energy

Part II: Abandoned wells and its global thermal potential
5. Global outlook of thermal potential
6. Global/country geothermal potential distribution
7. Historical utilization of geothermal potential

Part III: Energy Extraction from abandoned wells
8. Simulation and thermodynamic modelling
9. Working fluid evaluation
10. Resource Evaluation
11. Energy production
12. Production capability forecast models
13. Insulation of abandoned geothermal wells

Part IV: Feasibility, economic and environmental analysis
14. Feasibility analysis
15. Major challenges
16. Major contributors of cost
17. Environmental impacts

Part V: Applications
18. Electricity generation
19. Single and multi-generation system
20. Desalination
21. Integration with renewables
22. Other applications

Part VI: Revitalization of abandoned oil and gas wells
23. State of art technologies
24. Methods of exploration