Dispersion and Heat Conduction in a Simplified Geothermal Doublet

The goal of this study is to test out the accuracy of the upscaling approach (Jinyu Tang, 2021) for a geothermal doublet. This approach tries to simulate the physical thermal dispersion. When modeling in a geothermal reservoir it would be easy if a lot of layers can be upscaled. However, when doing upscaling one can not just take an average of...

Modelling Magnetocaloric Heat Pumps

Magnetocaloric heat pumps are those types of heat pumpswhich use a solidMagnetoCaloricMaterial (MCM) in place of a refrigerant to provide the work for the heat pump. MCMs are materials whose temperature changes on the application or removal of a magnetic field. This effect is known as the MagnetoCaloric Effect (MCE). Magnetocaloric heat pumps...

‘The economic potential of deep, direct use geothermal systems in the Netherlands’

For this thesis, a probabilistic techno-economic model is developed for deep, direct use geothermal projects in the Netherlands. As a case study, data from the future DAP doublet (TU Delft) is inserted wherein multiple scenarios are researched that model variations in well capacity, energy prices, project design, government policies, brine gas...