Geothermal Energy
Courses
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Geothermal Resource Identification and Development the students are able to:
- identify and characterize the geothermal prospects and the techniques for drilling wells into geothermal formations to extract hot fluids
Content
- Geology of geothermal regions: the earth and its atmosphere; active geothermal regions; model of a hydrothermal geothermal resource and other types of geothermal resources; exploration strategies and techniques; objectives and phases of an exploration program; synthesis and interpretation
- Geothermal well drilling: site preparation and drilling equipment; drilling operations; safety precautions
- Reservoir engineering: reservoir and well flow; well testing; calcite scaling in well casings; reservoir modelling and simulation
Details
- Lecturer: Hacen Dhahri
- Teaching method: lecture, exercise
- SWS: 2
- Credit points: 2
- Examination: midterm assignments (1/3); final exam (2/3)
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Geothermal Applications the students are able to:
- discuss the general concepts of geothermal power plants
- define the main characteristics of the geothermal fluids used in space or district heating
- describe the main features of the absorption cycles used for air conditioning and industrial refrigeration in geothermal applications
- discuss the factors influencing greenhouse climate
Content
- Electricity generation
- technical features of plant options: atmospheric and condensing exhaust conventional steam turbines; binary plant; biphase rotary separatorturbo-alternator.
- well-head generating units: economic considerations regarding small geothermal plants
- Space and district heating: resource considerations; space heating (or cooling) needs; hot water collection and transmission system; equipment selection; economical and environmental considerations; tariffs; integrated uses
- Space cooling: air conditioning; commercial refrigeration; absorption research; materials
- Greenhouse heating: energy aspects of protected crop cultivation; characteristics of heat consumption; technical solutions for geothermal greenhouse heating; geothermal greenhouse heating installations; factors influencing the choice ofheating installation; final considerations
Details
- Lecturer: Souheil El Alimi
- Teaching method: lecture, exercise
- SWS: 3
- Credit points: 3
- Examination: midterm assignments (1/3); final exam (2/3)