A review of vertical closed-loop geothermal heating and cooling systems with an Emphasis on the importance of the subsurface

K Khaleghi, S Livescu - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Geothermal heat pump (GHP) systems have been established as a proven technology for
cooling and heating residential, public and commercial buildings. There is a geothermal …

Distributed thermal response test to analyze thermal properties in heterogeneous lithology

A McDaniel, J Tinjum, DJ Hart, YF Lin, A Stumpf… - Geothermics, 2018 - Elsevier
A fiber optic distributed thermal response test (DTRT) conducted in well-documented
heterogeneous geology is combined with laboratory thermophysical measurements of cores …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of site characteristics on the performance of shallow borehole heat exchanger arrays: A sensitivity analysis

Q Liu, F Weiland, P Pärisch, N Kracht, M Huang, T Ptak - Geothermics, 2023 - Elsevier
Using borehole heat exchangers (BHE) to extract shallow geothermal energy has grown
rapidly in recent years. How to maintain a long-term balanced, sustainable operation of the …

Long-term district-scale geothermal exchange borefield monitoring with fiber optic distributed temperature sensing

A McDaniel, D Fratta, JM Tinjum, DJ Hart - Geothermics, 2018 - Elsevier
Fiber optic (FO) distributed temperature sensing (DTS) was used for long-term monitoring of
a 280-m by 360-m geothermal exchange borefield with 2596 boreholes to quantify the role …

[PDF][PDF] Radiators or Reservoirs: Heat Budgets in District-Scale Ground-Source Geothermal Exchange Fields

DJ Hart, JM Tinjum, D Fratta… - … , 47th Workshop on …, 2022 - pangea.stanford.edu
Ground-source heat pump systems provide low-cost, sustainable, long-term heating and
cooling over a range from single residential homes to district-scale. As the scale of the …

[PDF][PDF] Energy Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment of a District-Scale Geothermal Exchange Field

JM Tinjum, M Yilmaz, E Heeg, D Fratta… - 48th Workshop on …, 2023 - pangea.stanford.edu
ABSTRACT District-scale Geothermal Heat Exchange (GHX) systems are increasingly
portrayed to have significant environmental and economic benefits. However, independent …

[PDF][PDF] Quantifying the Long-Term Performance of a District-Scale Geothermal Exchange Field

EP Heeg, JM Tinjum, D Fratta, SD Attri… - 49th Workshop on …, 2024 - pangea.stanford.edu
This study investigates the long-term performance of a cooling-dominated, district-scale
geothermal heat exchange (GHX) field in the M idwest of the United States. The district-scale …

Feasibility of a deep direct-use geothermal system at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A Stumpf, J Damico, T Stark, S Elrick, WJ Nelson, Y Lu… - GRC Transactions, 2018 - osti.gov
This study assesses the feasibility of using deep direct-use (DDU) geothermal energy in
agricultural research facilities on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus to …

Distributed Thermal Response Multi‐Source Modeling to Evaluate Heterogeneous Subsurface Properties

H Liu, AJ Stumpf, YFF Lin, X Liu - Groundwater, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A thorough assessment of thermal properties in heterogeneous subsurface is necessary in
design of low‐temperature borehole heat exchangers (BHEs). A distributed thermal …

Dynamic calibration of a fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing network at a district-scale geothermal exchange borefield

A McDaniel, M Harper, D Fratta, JM Tinjum… - Geo-Chicago …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Subsurface heat exchange research in a low-temperature district-scale geothermal borefield
is a demanding application for fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (DTS). While DTS …