document

Maximizing the use of aquifer thermal energy storage systems in urban areas: effects on individual system primary energy use and overall GHG emissions

Beernink, S.T.W. (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author), Kleinlugtenbelt, Rob (author), Hartog, Niels (author)

Low temperature (<25 °C) Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems have a world-wide potential to provide low-carbon space heating and cooling for buildings by using heat pumps combined with the seasonal subsurface storage and recovery of heated and cooled groundwater. ATES systems increasingly utilize aquifer space, decreasing the...

journal article 2022

document

Assessment of potential for Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Spain

Ramos-Escudero, A. (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author)

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) Systems is a technology to sustainably and economically provide space heating and cooling. However, it cannot be applied everywhere because successful application depends on the presence of a suitable aquifer and favorable climatic conditions. Despite some operational ATES systems, the Spanish ATES market...

journal article 2022

document

Advancing Adoption of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage: a New Evaluation Method to Support Local Decision-Makers: Assessment of the Technical and Commercial Potential of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in New York State Considering the Requirements and Interests of Key Stakeholders

Maltha, Niels (author)

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) is a geothermal technique that is an important component in the transition towards renewable energy in the heating and cooling industry, which accounts for half of the world's energy consumption. However, the technology has not yet been implemented in many countries. The main reason is that extensive...

master thesis 2021

document

Energy Implications of Vertically Integrated Greenhouses on Office buildings

Mathew, Lee (author)

The global greenhouse gas emissions from energy use in buildings and agriculture accounts for 17% and 18% respectively, which has a significant impact on climate change. Therefore, both the sectors are actively looking at energy-efficient methods to reduce their carbon emission by shifting to more sustainable solutions. One such solution is...

master thesis 2021

document

Towards Sustainable Heat Supply with Decentralized Multi-Energy Systems by Integration of Subsurface Seasonal Heat Storage

van der Roest, E. (author), Beernink, S.T.W. (author), Hartog, Niels (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author)

In the energy transition, multi-energy systems are crucial to reduce the temporal, spatial and functional mismatch between sustainable energy supply and demand. Technologies as power-to-heat (PtH) allow flexible and effective utilisation of available surplus green electricity when integrated with seasonal heat storage options. However, insights...

journal article 2021

document

Reactive transport modelling of push-pull tests: A versatile approach to quantify aquifer reactivity

Kruisdijk, E. (author), van Breukelen, B.M. (author)

Push-pull tests (PPTs) were evaluated with 1-D radially axisymmetric multi-component geochemical reactive transport modelling (RTM) to assess aquifer reactivity controlling groundwater quality. Nutrient fate and redox processes were investigated in an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) system, in which oxic tile drainage water (TDW; nitrate ...

journal article 2021

document

Interaction between UTES systems: A simulation study to asses the effect of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage systems on the efficiency of Borehole Heat Exchangers

Koenders, David (author)

Underground thermal energy storage (UTES) is an efficient technique to fulfill the heating and cooling demand of buildings. UTES uses stable subsurface temperatures store and extract energy. This study covers two types of UTES systems: aquifer thermal energy systems (ATES) and borehole heat exchangers (BHE). UTES systems in the Netherlands have...

master thesis 2020

document

Hierarchical MPC for Energy Management of Multi-Energy Systems: Case Study Based on a Power-to-X Concept

Kaya, Oguzhan (author)

All over Europe, the expansion of renewable energy sources is quickly proceeding, fueled by environmental and political motives. The power generated by renewables is heavily subject to the intermittency of the source, e.g. the availability of wind or solar irradiance. Consequently, electrical grids that rely on renewable sources alternate...

master thesis 2020

document

Introducing Power-to-H3: Combining renewable electricity with heat, water and hydrogen production and storage in a neighbourhood

van der Roest, E. (author), Snip, Laura (author), Fens, T.W. (author), van Wijk, A.J.M. (author)

In the transition from fossil to renewable energy, the energy system should become clean, while remaining reliable and affordable. Because of the intermittent nature of both renewable energy production and energy demand, an integrated system approach is required that includes energy conversion and storage. We propose a concept for a...

journal article 2020

document

Increasing market opportunities for renewable energy technologies with innovations in aquifer thermal energy storage

Hoekstra, N. (author), Pellegrini, M. (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author), Spaak, G. (author), Andreu Gallego, A. (author), Rodriguez Comins, J. (author), Grotenhuis, T. (author), Picone, S. (author), Murrell, A. J. (author)

Heating and cooling using aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) has hardly been applied outside the Netherlands, even though it could make a valuable contribution to the energy transition. The Climate-KIC project “Europe-wide Use of Energy from aquifers” – E-USE(aq) – aimed to pave the way for Europe-wide application of ATES, through the...

journal article 2020

document

Risk analysis of High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES)

Fleuchaus, Paul (author), Schüppler, Simon (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author), Guglielmetti, Luca (author), Opel, Oliver (author), Blum, Philipp (author)

The storage of heat in aquifers, also referred to as Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES), bears a high potential to bridge the seasonal gap between periods of highest thermal energy demand and supply. With storage temperatures higher than 50 °C, High-Temperature (HT) ATES is capable to facilitate the integration of (non-)renewable heat...

journal article 2020

document

Interaction between multiple ATES systems: Analysis of thermal and geohydrologic performance

Duijff, Rogier (author)

Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is a sustainable technology that provides thermal energy to buildings in temperate climates. The principle of ATES is to temporary store thermal energy in aquifers in a warm and cold well in order to use this thermal energy for heating and cooling in the next season. Because the available subsurface space is...

master thesis 2019

document

Methods for simulation, planning, and operation of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage under deep uncertainty

Jaxa-Rozen, M. (author)

The building sector currently accounts for approximately one-third of the global demand for energy, and one-fifth of all energy-related greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The development and adoption of energy-efficient technologies in this sector is therefore a key element towards efforts for the mitigation of climate change. In particular,...

doctoral thesis 2019

document

Novel combinations of aquifer thermal energy storage with solar collectors, soil remediation and other types of geothermal energy systems

Picone, S. (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author), Pellegrini, M. (author), Hoekstra, N. (author), Andreu Gallego, A. (author), Rodriguez Comins, J. (author), Murrel, A. (author)

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) system make use of the groundwater to exchange energy with the building: in winter, groundwater is pumped from the warm well to the buildings heat exchanger and the building extracts heat from the groundwater as energy source for the heat pumps, while the groundwater will be injected in the cold well at...

conference paper 2019

document

ATES systems performance in practice: analysis of operational data from ATES systems in the province of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Beernink, Stijn (author), Hartog, Niels (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author), van der Meer, Marlous (author)

Energy consumption for space heating and cooling of buildings can be decreased by 40-80% by use of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES). ATES is a proven technique, however, it is not known how efficient currently operating systems are recovering stored energy from the subsurface and how this can be determined with available data. Recent...

conference paper 2019

document

Low carbon heating and cooling by combining various technologies with Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage

Pellegrini, M. (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author), Hoekstra, N. (author), Spaak, G. (author), Andreu Gallego, A. (author), Rodriguez Comins, J. (author), Grotenhuis, T. (author), Picone, S. (author), Murrell, A. J. (author)

A transition to a low carbon energy system is needed to respond to global challenge of climate change mitigation. Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) is a technology with worldwide potential to provide sustainable space heating and cooling by (seasonal) storage and recovery of heat in the subsurface. However, adoption of ATES varies strongly...

journal article 2019

document

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) smart grids: Large-scale seasonal energy storage as a distributed energy management solution

Rostampour, Vahab (author), Jaxa-Rozen, M. (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author), Kwakkel, J.H. (author), Keviczky, T. (author)

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) is a building technology used to seasonally store thermal energy in the subsurface, which can reduce the energy use of larger buildings by more than half. The spatial layout of ATES systems is a key aspect for the technology, as thermal interactions between neighboring systems can degrade system performance....

journal article 2019

document

ATES systems in aquifers with high ambient groundwater flow velocity

Bloemendal, Martin (author), Olsthoorn, T.N. (author)

Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is a technology with worldwide potential to provide sustainable space heating and cooling using groundwater stored at different temperatures. In areas with high ambient groundwater flow velocity (>25 m/y) thermal energy losses by displacement of groundwater may be prevented by application of multiple...

journal article 2018

document

The hidden side of cities: Methods for governance, planning and design for optimal use of subsurface space with ATES

Bloemendal, Martin (author)

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems provide sustainable space heating and cooling for buildings. In future, many buildings in moderate climates rely on ATES for their space heating and cooling. <br/>However, the subsurface space available for heat storage is limited and, there is a trade-off between individual ATES system efficiency...

doctoral thesis 2018

document

Methods for planning of ATES systems

Bloemendal, Martin (author), Jaxa-Rozen, M. (author), Olsthoorn, T.N. (author)

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems contribute to reducing fossil energy consumption by providing sustainable space heating and cooling for buildings by seasonal storage of heat. ATES is important for the energy transition in many urban areas in North America, Europe and Asia. Despite the modest current ATES adoption level of about...

journal article 2018