En el país es poco común el uso de energías renovables, por ello es importante que se difundan las tecnologías asociadas al uso de este tipo de recursos. La energía geotérmica superficial es un recurso que se puede aprovechar prácticamente en toda la corteza terrestre, no proporciona una cantidad de energía elevada, pero si tiene aplicaciones que reducen la producción de CO2 (por sistemas de calefacción) y el consumo de energía. En la investigación se analizan los sistemas geotérmicos de baja entalpia, específicamente las cimentaciones termoactivas, las cuales consisten en incorporar el intercambiador de calor en la estructura de la cimentación, esto aunado a la bomba de calor y el sistema de distribución constituye un uso importante de la energía geotérmica somera en los sistemas de calefacción de edificaciones. Para desarrollar las cimentaciones termoactivas es necesario realizar estudios previos tales como, estudio de características geotécnicas y térmicas del suelo, hidrogeología y geología. / The use of renewable energies is rare in the country, so it is important that the technologies associated with the use of this type of resources be disseminated. Surface geothermal energy is a resource that can be used practically throughout the earth's crust, it does not provide a high amount of energy but it does have applications that reduce CO2 production (by heating systems) and energy consumption. The research analyzes low enthalpy geothermal systems, specifically thermoactive foundations, which consist of incorporating the heat exchanger in the foundation structure, this together with the heat pump and the distribution system constitutes an important use of shallow geothermal energy in building heating systems. To develop thermoactive foundations it is necessary to carry out previous studies such as a study of the geotechnical and thermal characteristics of the soil, hydrogeology and geology. / Tesis

Life Cycle Cost, often abbreviated as LCC, is a common tool for comparing the total cost of different alternatives, such as heating and cooling methods. Common heating and cooling methods in Sweden are geothermal energy, district heating and district cooling. This report aims to evaluate how different heating and cooling methods differ from each other while being applied on three different types of buildings, using selected LCC-models. Information about the selected LCC-models wasretrieved from each separate model and its website. Reports and agencies were used as sources for information about the heating and cooling methods. Tendersby established energy companies in Sweden were used as input data to form different alternatives for each building. From the comparison between the selected LCC-models, both similarities and differences were identified. The differences vary both in scale and how they affect the result. Nonetheless two of the models show the same results for some of the alternatives. In order to approximate the environmental effects for each heating and cooling method, carbon dioxide emissions were compared. The conclusion of this report is that while there are significant differences between the different LCC-models, the results only differ marginally for most models. / Life Cycle Cost, ofta förkortadsom LCC, är ett vanligt använt verktyg vid jämförelse av olika alternativs, exempelvis olika uppvärmnings- och kylmetoder, totala livscykelkostnad. I Sverige är vanliga uppvärmnings- och kylmetoder bergvärme, fjärrvärme och fjärrkyla. Denna rapport syftar till att med hjälp av utvalda LCC-modeller utvärdera hur dessa olika metoder skiljer sig för olika typfall, samt att redogöra för vilka skillnader det finns mellan de utvalda LCC-modellerna. De typfall som undersöktes var tre olika fastigheter med varierande storlek och alternativ. Information om de valda LCC-modellerna hämtades från respektive modell samt vid behov från tillhörande hemsida. Olika rapporter och myndigheter ligger till grund för information för hur de olika uppvärmnings- och kylmetoderna fungerar. Indata för LCC-beräkningarna inhämtades från offerter givna av etablerade energiföretag i Sverige. Genom rena jämförelser mellan de valda LCC-modellerna hittades både likheter och skillnader. Skillnadernas inverkan varierar i både grad och vilken effekt de har på resultaten. Däremot får två av modellerna samma resultat för vissa typfall. För att uppskatta miljöpåverkan jämfördes även typfallens koldioxidutsläpp för de olika uppvärmnings- och kylmetoderna. Slutsatser som kan dras från studien är att det finns klara skillnader mellan olika LCC- modeller, men resultaten skiljer sig ofta endast marginellt.

Impact craters are formed when a large meteorite or comethits the Earth. At the impact a shock wave is released causingabundant fracturing in the surrounding bedrock. This type offracturing is intense and occurs throughout a very large volume(>100 km3) of the bedrock. Fractures of this type have beenobserved in deep drilling, to 5 km depth, in thePuchezh-Katunki Impact Crater. At theses depths the ambienttemperature is high. Thus impact structures are candidates forpotential heat-exchange sources for extraction of geothermalenergy. There is a relation between fracture intensity and electricresistivity in bedrock predominated by impact-generatedfractures. In crystalline bedrock changes in electricresistivity is mainly due to fracturing which is the mainsource of porosity in these rocks. Electric resistivity methodsare highly sensitivity to porosity. Furthermore highfracture-intensities have generally been associated with lowelectric resistivity. Electro-magnetic methods like Very LowFrequency Resistivity (VLF-R) and Magnetotellurics (MT) canindirectly measure electric resistivity to relatively largedepths in the bedrock. This study will quantify the relationship between fractureintensity and electric resistivity which can be used as aprospecting tool for geothermal energy resources at largedepth. To meet that end, a method for fracture mapping on outcropsin Swedish terrain and a method to calculate thethree-dimensional fracture frequency from two-dimensionalfracture data has been developed. The fracture traces measuredin two dimensions on outcrops are assumed to represent avertical surface and must be converted to a three-dimensionalmeasure of the fracture frequency per unit volume. Spacing, dipand trace length of fractures have been accounted for. Thebiases associated with the mapping method have also beenaccounted for (II). The correlation between impact-induced fracturing andelectric resistivity in crystalline rocks in the Lockne Areashows that the extent of impact fracturing in crystalline rockscan be measured with electro-magnetic or electric techniques.In addition the electric resistivity of crystalline basementand impact generated Tandsby Breccia from the Lockne Craterwere determined (I). The relation between fracture frequency and electricresistivity in fresh water conditions using the VLF-R method isestablished from data collected from both two drill holes andfrom numerous outcrops in the Björkö region. Apreliminary quantification of the fracture frequency has beenmade. The MT resistivity models, related to the two drillholes, show that porosity and mineral-conductivity variationsof the bedrock affect this relation more than the salinityvariations in the bore-hole fluid. Further research is neededto establish a firm relation between fracture frequency,salinity of rock fluid, conductivity and porosity in order tovalidate the MT resistivity models (III). Keywords:Electric resistivity, Fracture frequency,Impact generated fractures, Electro-magnetic techniques, VLF-Rmethod, MT method, Window-mapping technique, Three-dimensionalfracture calculations, heat-exchange structure, geothermalenergy.

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To uilize the shallow geothermal energy, heat pumps are often coupled with borehole heat exchangers (BHE) for heating and cooling buildings. In cold regions, soil freezing around the BHE is a potential problem which can seriously influence the underground soil temperature distribution, inlet and outlet fluid temperature of the BHE, and thus the efficiency of the whole GSHP system. The influence of the freezing process on the overall system performance is investigated by comparing different BHE configuration with and without latent heat effect from the frozen groundwater. The coefficient of performance (COP) of the heat pump will alter when freezing process in taken into account and lead to various electricity consumption. Except for the efficiency aspect, the freezing behavior can also lead to the redistribution of pore pressure and fluid flow, and in some extreme cases can even result in frost damage to the BHEs. A fully coupled thermohydro-mechanical model is required for advanced system design and scenario analyses. Based on the framework of the Theory of Porous Media, a triphasic freezing model is derived and solved with the finite element method. Ice formation in the porous medium results from a coupled heat and mass transfer problem with phase transition and is accompanied by volume expansion. The model is able to capture various coupled physical phenomena through the freezing process including the latent heat effect, groundwater flow with porosity change and mechanical deformation. With this kind of THM freezing model, we are also able to solve different kinds of engineering problem, e.g. geotechnics, construction engineering and material engineering.

La zone de Vieux-Habitants rassemble les indices permettant de supposer la présence d’un système hydrothermal de haute température. Les données géophysiques acquises pour la prospection de ce système ne suffisent pas à sa compréhension qui nécessite l’analyse d’analogues. Pour proposer un modèle de système géothermique de cette zone, une analyse multiscalaire de la déformation fragile et une caractérisation des propriétés pétrophysiques des formations volcaniques ont été ménées sur trois paléo systèmes. L’analyse des populations de fractures montre que leur organisation n’est pas régie par une seule loi mathématique. Les faciès volcano-sédimentaires sont peu déformés ou de manière très localisée contrairement aux laves dont les densités de fracturation sont fortes. L’analyse de la distribution des faciès hydrothermalisés par rapport à ces structures indique qu’à l’échelle kilométrique, certaines intersections de failles contrôlent le drainage des fluides et localisent les zones d’altération hydrothermale prononcée. Les faciès sont divisés en grands groupes en fonction de leur nature et de leur degré d’altération. Ils montrent une grande variabilité des propriétés pétrophysiques. A l’état sain, les laves d’une part et les faciès pyroclastiques et de coulées de débris d’autre part, constituent deux groupes bien distincts. L’altération hydrothermale induit une restructuration totale du squelette matriciel et du réseau poreux. Elle permet une forte atténuation du signal magnétique et le développement d’un groupe ayant des propriétés réservoirs intermédiaires en diminuant les propriétés réservoirs des dépôts volcano-sédimentaires et en améliorant celles des laves. Le modèle de réservoir ainsi disponible conjugue des éléments structuraux et des hétérogénéités lithologiques permettant le transfert rapide des fluides, alors que les propriétés matricielles d’origines primaire et secondaire vont plutôt contrôler les propriétés de stockage de fluide et de chaleur. / The Vieux-Habitants area gathers indicators allowing to suppose a high-temperature hydrothermal system. The interpretation of geophysical data acquired for the exploration of this system requires the analysis of analogues. Several hydrothermal paleo-systems were studied in order to propose a conceptual model of a geothermal system for the Vieux-Habitants area. Studies of these analogues are based on a multi-scale study of the brittle deformation and a petrophysical characterization of the different volcanic rocks. The organization of fractures indicates the occurrence of a characteristic scale for each level of observation. Volcano-sedimentary units are far less deformed compared to highly fractured lavas. The brittle deformation in volcano-sedimentary deposits is highly localized in fractured corridors. Some fault intersections control major fluid flow at the kilometer scale. Moreover, the most hydrothermalized rocks are localized in the vicinity of these intersections. Volcanic rocks are divided according to their mechanism of formation (lava, debris flow…) and their degree of alteration. They exhibit strong heterogeneities of petrophysical properties. Fresh rocks are separated in two distinct groups, on one side lavas and on the other side debris flows and pyroclastic deposits. Hydrothermal alteration produces mineralogical replacements involving a complete reorganization of both the matrix skeleton and the pore network. It is marked by a removal of magnetic signal, an increase of porosity and permeability in lavas and a decrease of these properties in debris flows and pyroclastic deposits. Therefore, hydrothermalized rocks form a group with intermediate reservoir properties between the two groups of fresh rocks. The reservoir model combines both structural components and lithological heterogeneities that allow an efficient fluid transfer, whereas the matrix properties of primary and secondary origins will rather control the fluid and heat storage properties.

Die Rotliegend-Vulkanite aus dem Norddeutschen Becken (NDB) sind in jüngster Zeit stärker in den Fokus geothermischer Betrachtung gerückt. Ein wichtiger Meilenstein war das Forschungsprojekt Groß Schönebeck, bei dem wider Erwarten die Vulkanite als sekundärer Zielhorizont die besten Voraussetzungen für eine geothermische Erschließung boten. Über die hydraulisch/mechanischen Eigenschaften der Vulkanite im Untergrund ist jedoch kaum etwas bekannt und auch die Oberflächenäquivalente sind hinsichtlich geothermisch relevanter Parameter weitgehend unerforscht. Aus den positiven Erfahrungen des Standorts Schönebeck entstand die Motivation einer umfangreichen Analyse der Rotliegend-Vulkanite mit Blick auf eine tiefengeothermische Nutzung. Es wurden thermische, felsmechanische und petrophysikalische Untersuchungen von sieben Oberflächenäquivalenten durchgeführt; drei der Oberflächengesteine sowie zwei Tiefenbohrungen wurden ferner hinsichtlich auftretender Kluftmuster analysiert. Die Daten fungieren als Eingangsparameter für hydraulische sowie hydromechanische numerische Modellierungen zur Potenzialabschätzung und zum Prozessverständnis. Die thermische Analyse der Gesteine ergab eine hohe Wärmeleitfähigkeit für die quarzreichen und dichten Vulkanitvarietäten. Durch die Wärmekapazität und die Reservoirtemperatur wurde das technische Strompotenzial für die Eruptionsstadien ermittelt. Das größte Potenzial liegt im explosiven Ignimbritstadium und im Post-Ignimbritstadium und wird auf einen Wert geschätzt, der allein dem 20-fachen des deutschen Jahresstromverbrauchs entspricht. Regional betrachtet ist das größte Potenzial bei Standortwahl im zentralen östlichen NDB zu erwarten. Die untersuchten Vulkanite sind überwiegend dicht und erfordern Stimulationsmaßnahmen für eine erfolgreiche Erschließung. Auch die stärker porösen Tuffe erreichen nicht die erforderliche Matrixpermeabilität für einen Porenleiter. Triaxiale Druckversuche unter in-situ Spannungsbedingungen haben jedoch gezeigt, dass es nur bedingt möglich ist, Risse im intakten Gestein zu erzeugen. Man ist folglich auf eine gestörte Kruste, also Klüfte im Gestein angewiesen. Sowohl die Oberflächengesteine als auch die Vulkanite im Untergrund sind nachweislich geklüftet. Das tektonische Grundmuster beschreibt Klüfte, die NW-SE bis NNW-SSE sowie NE-SW bis NNE-SSW orientiert sind und dabei steil einfallen. Die Scherfestigkeitskriterien der Kluftflächen liegen deutlich unterhalb derer für das intakte Gestein, so dass die Bedingung für eine Aktivierung der Klüfte im Spannungsfeld des NDB positiv bewertet wird. Die Kluftdaten wurden zum Zwecke numerischer Modellierungen in diskrete Kluftnetzwerkmodelle überführt. Hydraulische Modellierungen ergaben eine bevorzugte Fließrichtung in NW-SE. Die mit der Tiefe zunehmende Kluftschließung führt zu einer Durchlässigkeit, die für eine geothermische Nutzung nicht ausreichend ist, das Gestein muss hydraulisch stimuliert werden. Eine Stimulation der Kluftflächen zur Steigerung der Fließrate wurde mittels hydromechanischer Modellierungen erfolgreich dargestellt. Die wichtigsten Kriterien für eine erfolgreiche Stimulation sind die Geometrie des Kluftsystems und die Orientierung des Spannungsfelds. Aufgrund der überwiegend vertikalen Kluftflächen im Vulkanit und der hohen Vertikalspannung im tiefengeothermischen Reservoir wird eine Erschließung über das Multiriss-Konzept empfohlen. Durch den in der vorliegenden Arbeit dargestellten methodischen Ansatz kann mittels repräsentativer Eingangsparameter für einen Standort entsprechend der notwendige Injektionsdruck sowie die Art und Intensität der Verformung der Kluftflächen für eine hydraulische Stimulation prognostiziert werden.

科学研究費補助金 研究種目:基盤研究(C)(2)14550735 課題番号: 研究代表者:森 英利 研究期間:2002-2003年度

This dissertation deals with a comparison between energy consumption of conventional air conditioning and the surface geothermal conditioning for room environments. Studies have been conducted about soil constitution, heat exchangers and specifications of the tubes for water circulation. Based on these studies was the fitting of a conditioning system utilizing surface geothermal energy using a testing room and another one fitted with a conventional window air conditioner in an analog testing room environment. An electronic circuit maintains the temperature in the conventional air-conditioning reference room in similar conditions to the testing room using geothermal conditioning, also monitoring the power consumption in both units for comparative purposes. In this study, it was used the hill-climbing heuristic method to control and manage the best possible heat exchange with the underground, together with a DC converter used to regulate the electrical load of the hydraulic pump and the fan used in the geothermal conditioner. Experiments were performed with and without electronic management, proving so that this electronic control method increases the geothermal conditioner yielding and reduces power consumption. During the geothermal experiments the underground saturation suffered in the late summer period due to seasonal variation of soil temperature in the adopted depth and also because the sizing of the geothermal heat exchanger was below than planned. This fact, however served to demonstrate that this HCC condition does not maximize the thermal exchanges necessary to the proper functioning of the geothermal conditioner, and consequently, having an increase in electric power consumption. Among the major contributions of this dissertation is the development of a methodology for estimation of heat exchange between the basement and the living environment. One can also include how the sizing of the underground hoses and the electronic controller to manage the thermal exchanges between the underground and the conditioned environment. It proved also the feasibility of shallow geothermal energy for conditioning inhabited environments without heat pumps to reduce electricity consumption. / Esta dissertação trata da comparação do consumo de energia elétrica entre o ar condicionado convencional e o condicionamento térmico com a utilização da energia geotérmica superficial. Foram realizados estudos sobre a constituição do solo, dos trocadores de calor e das características técnicas dos tubos para a circulação de água. Baseado nestes estudos foi realizado a montagem de um sistema de condicionamento utilizando a energia geotérmica superficial usando uma sala de testes e outra com a instalação de um ar condicionado convencional de janela num ambiente idêntico à sala de testes. Um circuito eletrônico mantém a temperatura na sala de referência com condicionamento de ar convencional em condições semelhantes a da sala de testes com condicionamento geotérmico, fazendo também o monitoramento do consumo de energia elétrica em ambos os equipamentos para fins comparativos. Neste trabalho, utilizou-se o método heurístico hill climbing control (HCC) para gerenciamento da melhor troca térmica possível com o solo, em conjunto com um conversor de corrente contínua usado para regular a carga elétrica da bomba hidráulica e do ventilador utilizados no condicionador geotérmico. Experimentos foram realizados com e sem o uso do gerenciamento eletrônico, onde se comprova que este método de controle eletrônico aumenta o rendimento do condicionador geotérmico e reduz o seu consumo de energia elétrica. Durante os experimentos o subsolo sofreu saturação no final do período de verão, devido à variação sazonal de temperatura do solo na profundidade adotada e também devido ao dimensionamento do trocador de calor geotérmico ser inferior ao planejado. Este fato, porém serviu para demonstrar que nesta condição o HCC não maximizou as trocas térmicas necessárias para o funcionamento adequado do condicionador geotérmico, e consequentemente, ocorreu um aumento do consumo de energia elétrica. Entre as principais contribuições desta dissertação está o desenvolvimento de uma metodologia para estimação das trocas de calor entre o subsolo e o ambiente habitável. Pode-se incluir também a forma do dimensionamento das mangueiras a serem enterradas no subsolo e o controlador eletrônico para gerenciar as trocas térmicas entre o subsolo e o ambiente condicionado. Provou-se também a viabilização do uso da energia geotérmica superficial para condicionamento de ambientes habitados sem bombas de calor com a finalidade de reduzir o consumo de energia elétrica.

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