Energy from closed mines: Underground energy storage and geothermal applications

J Menéndez, A Ordóñez, R Álvarez, J Loredo - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the current energy transition, there is a growing global market for innovative ways to
generate clean energy. Storage technologies are potential and flexible solutions to deal with …

Stratification of lakes

B Boehrer, M Schultze - Reviews of Geophysics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Many lakes show vertical stratification of their water masses, at least for some extended time
periods. Density differences in water bodies facilitate an evolution of chemical differences …

[KIRJA][B] Mine water

B Lottermoser, BG Lottermoser - 2010 - Springer
Water is needed at mine sites for dust suppression, mineral processing, coal washing, and
hydrometallurgical extraction. For these applications, water is mined from surface water …

Underground pumped storage hydropower plants using open pit mines: How do groundwater exchanges influence the efficiency?

E Pujades, P Orban, S Bodeux, P Archambeau… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Underground Pumped Storage Hydropower (UPSH) is a potential alternative to
manage electricity production in flat regions. UPSH plants will interact with the surrounding …

Mine-oriented low-enthalpy geothermal exploitation: A review from spatio-temporal perspective

Z Chu, K Dong, P Gao, Y Wang, Q Sun - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on 44 documented demonstration projects worldwide, a novel conceptual aspect of
mine-oriented low-enthalpy geothermal exploitation classification was initially proposed. For …

The acidic mine pit lakes of the Iberian Pyrite Belt: An approach to their physical limnology and hydrogeochemistry

JS Espana, EL Pamo, ES Pastor, MD Ercilla - Applied Geochemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
This study examines some relevant limnological and hydrogeochemical characteristics of 22
mine pit lakes of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). The studied pit lakes include some of the …

[HTML][HTML] Density stratification and double-diffusive convection in mine pools of flooded underground mines–a review

E Mugova, C Wolkersdorfer - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Layering of water bodies with different physico-chemical properties is called stratification.
This physical effect is known from lakes or oceans but also occurs in flooded underground …

New lake district in Europe: origin and hydrochemical characteristics

M Rzętała, A Jaguś - Water and Environment Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a new lake district in Southern Poland created as a result of human
activity in the Upper Silesian region. The area has been named the Upper Silesian …

Natural attenuation processes in two water reservoirs receiving acid mine drainage

AM Sarmiento, M Olías, JM Nieto, CR Cánovas… - Science of the Total …, 2009 - Elsevier
Characteristics of water profiles and sulphide formation processes in sediments were
studied in two water reservoirs affected by acid mine drainage in order to investigate the …

Measurements of evaporation from a mine void lake and testing of modelling approaches

D McJannet, A Hawdon, T Van Niel, D Boadle… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pit lakes often form in the void that remains after open cut mining operations cease. As pit
lakes fill, hydrological and geochemical processes interact and these need to be understood …