Comparative Analysis of Geothermal Energy in Korea Based on Closed Borehole and Single- and Two-Well Standing Column Well Geothermal Heat Exchange Systems
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Abstract
In this study, a mobile measuring device was developed and a thermal response test that applied a standing column well-type heat exchanger was conducted to obtain design parameters from field measurements. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of thermal conductivity and geothermal resistance on site, including the flow and effects of natural convection of groundwater in boreholes. We compared, analyzed, and investigated the effective thermal conductivity of a borehole heat exchanger system and the effective thermal conductivity that was not applied when bleeding single-well standing column wells (SCWs), which is called an open-type standing column well geothermal heat exchanger system. We also investigated the heat transfer characteristics during the bleeding of two-well type SCWs, where water is injected from one clearing hole to the returning hole depending on the bleeding rate. Artificial recharging was used to inject the change of thermal conductivity from the bleeding rate of a geothermal heat exchanger into another SCW type. From the comparison results of the thermal conductivity of the multi-well and single-well underground heat exchangers, four times higher efficiency than the single-well was obtained. The reason for this is considered to be energy utilization utilizing groundwater energy.
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OpenAlex topics: Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications · Drilling and Well Engineering · Soil and Unsaturated Flow
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Department of Architecture Engineering, Songwon University, Gwangju 61756, Korea
Department of Mechanical and Shipbuilding Convergence Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48547, Korea
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