An investigation on solar drying: A review with economic and environmental assessment

H El Hage, A Herez, M Ramadan, H Bazzi, M Khaled - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a review on solar drying is presented. The review comprises the main
components, classifications and affecting parameters. Advantages, disadvantages and …

Environmental and human health impacts of geothermal exploitation in China and mitigation strategies

Y Hu, H Cheng, S Tao - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Exploitation of the vast reserve of geothermal energy for power generation and direct use
has been elevated to the top of China's energy agenda, while the environmental impacts …

Geothermal energy extraction in CO2 rich basin using abandoned horizontal wells

F Sun, Y Yao, G Li, X Li - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Compared with traditional oil and gas resources, geothermal energy processes the
advantages of zero emission, low investment and high productivity, etc. in this paper, a …

Techno-economic optimization of large-scale deep geothermal district heating systems with long-distance heat transport

A Molar-Cruz, MF Keim, C Schifflechner… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Geothermal energy can play an important role in decarbonizing the heating sector, however,
a limiting factor is that heat demand in urban areas does not usually coincide spatially with …

Heat recovery from multiple-fracture enhanced geothermal systems: the effect of thermoelastic fracture interactions

HS Vik, S Salimzadeh, HM Nick - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of thermoelastic interactions between multiple parallel
fractures on energy production from a multiple-fracture enhanced geothermal system. A …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of low-enthalpy geothermal systems: Interplay of spatially correlated heterogeneity and well-doublet spacings

M Babaei, HM Nick - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The low-enthalpy geothermal systems are commonly deployed in sedimentary geological
settings that feature significant levels of deposition-induced heterogeneity. In this paper …

An experiment on heat extraction from a deep geothermal well using a downhole coaxial open loop design

C Dai, J Li, Y Shi, L Zeng, H Lei - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
We report a field heat extraction test from a deep geothermal well using a downhole coaxial
open loop design in Tanggu, Tian** China, which is different from most previous studies in …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of technical and economic uncertainties on the economic performance of a deep geothermal heat system

A Daniilidis, B Alpsoy, R Herber - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a techno-economic analysis of a deep, direct use geothermal heat
system in a conductive geological setting (Groningen, NE Netherlands). The model …

Review of induced seismicity in geothermal systems worldwide and implications for geothermal systems in the Netherlands

L Buijze, L van Bijsterveldt, H Cremer… - Netherlands Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Geothermal energy is a viable alternative to gas for the heating of buildings, industrial areas
and greenhouses, and can thus play an important role in making the transition to …

[HTML][HTML] Towards optimisation of geothermal heat recovery: An example from the West Netherlands Basin

CJL Willems, HM Nick - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The Netherlands experienced the fastest European expansion of geothermal energy
exploitation in the past decade. The first Dutch geothermal sites proved that Hot …