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Gas-phase formation during thermal energy storage in near-surface aquifers: experimental and modelling results

Authors: Klas Lüders, Linda Firmbach, Markus Ebert, Andreas Dahmke, Peter Dietrich, Ralf Köber

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 21/2016

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Heating of groundwater by thermal energy storage (TES) poses a potential for the formation of a separate gas phase. Necessary boundary conditions, potential effects and monitoring feasibility of this process were not focused within previous studies. Since the formation of a gas phase could change groundwater flow conditions, hydrochemistry, porous media properties and thus efficiency of TES applications, improved understanding of the process is needed. The temperature of percolated sediment column tests was adjusted to 10, 25, 40 and 70 °C to quantify temperature-induced physical gas-phase formation and its effect on electrical resistance. Gas-phase formation, its accumulation and effects on hydraulic conductivity, heat conductivity and heat capacity were investigated using scenario calculations based on a closed-loop borehole TES system at 60 °C for different geochemical conditions. Experimentally quantified degassing ratios were within the expected range of thermodynamic calculations. The laboratory time-lapse electrical resistivity measurements proofed as a suitable tool to identify the onset and location of the gas-phase formation. Depending on the geochemical conditions, hydraulic conductivity in the area of the simulated heat storage site decreased between 60% and up to one order of magnitude in consequence of degassing within the scenario calculations. Heat conductivity and heat capacity decreased by maximally 3 and 16%, respectively. The results indicate that gas-phase formation as a result of aquifer heating can have pronounced effects especially on groundwater flow conditions and therefore should be considered particularly for nearly or fully gas-saturated groundwater and aquifers containing gas sources.

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Title: Gas-phase formation during thermal energy storage in near-surface aquifers: experimental and modelling results
Authors: Klas Lüders
Linda Firmbach
Markus Ebert
Andreas Dahmke
Peter Dietrich
Ralf Köber
Publication date: 01-11-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 21/2016
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-016-6181-5

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