Exploration and Management of Geothermal Resources

A special issue of Resources (ISSN 2079-9276).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 2542

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Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China
Interests: geothermal resources exploration and utilization

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School of Resources and Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
Interests: hydrochemistry and isotope geochemistry in geothermal systems

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Dear Colleagues,

As one of the important members of the clean renewable energy family, the development of geothermal resources has been gaining increasing attention; especially when facing the pressure of carbon neutrality and carbon emission reduction, the development of geothermal resources has become an important choice for many countries. Driven by the demand, both geothermal exploration technology and geothermal development have made great progress. High-temperature drilling technology continues to make breakthroughs, ground source heat pump technology has emerged to occupy a large geothermal market, medium- and low-temperature geothermal power generation technology continues to make breakthroughs in power generation increasing year by year, and hot dry rock development exploration is booming everywhere, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to systematically sort out the geothermal exploration and development work in different regions in order to provide reference for geothermal resource development in other regions in the future. To this end, we present a Special Issue of Resources focusing on the exploration and management of geothermal resources, publishing high-quality research in this field.

Areas of research for this Special Issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Regional geothermal resource distribution and potential;
  • Geothermal resource exploration;
  • Direct utilization of geothermal resources;
  • Geothermal power generation;
  • Hot dry rock resource development;
  • Geothermal development environmental response.

Prof. Dr. Wenjing Lin
Dr. Jiexiang Li
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • ground source heat pump systems
  • hydrothermal systems
  • hot dry rock (HDR)
  • enhanced geothermal system (EGS)
  • hydrogeochemistry of geothermal fluids
  • geothermal resource potential
  • geothermal power generation
  • geothermal and carbon reduction
  • geothermal resources and carbon neutrality

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Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Thermal Caisson Geothermal Systems
by Pouria Abbasi, Masih Alavy, Pavel Belansky and Marc A. Rosen
Resources 2024, 13(3), 45; https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13030045 - 19 Mar 2024
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This paper investigates the total environmental impacts of a thermal caisson (TC) system by implementing a life cycle assessment methodology. The total environmental impacts consider the comprehensive effect on the environment across two life cycle stages: manufacturing and operation. A comparison between the [...] Read more.
This paper investigates the total environmental impacts of a thermal caisson (TC) system by implementing a life cycle assessment methodology. The total environmental impacts consider the comprehensive effect on the environment across two life cycle stages: manufacturing and operation. A comparison between the TC results and two different HVAC systems, including air-conditioning/furnace and conventional ground-source heat pump (GSHP) systems, was made by adopting the ReCiPe 2016 methodology. This study reveals that the operation phase is the predominant contributor to environmental impacts across systems, mainly due to its extended duration. Specifically, the operational impacts of GSHPs are substantial, accounting for approximately 87% of total environmental impacts. A TC GSHP system demonstrates a notable environmental advantage, achieving a 79% reduction in total environmental impact when compared to traditional AC/furnace systems. This represents a 21% improvement over conventional GSHP systems. Despite this substantial reduction in total environmental impact, the TC GSHP system shows an almost 5% increase in the resource availability damage category relative to the conventional GSHP, which is attributed to its higher material consumption. These results highlight the TC GSHP system’s superior efficiency in reducing environmental impacts and its potential as a more sustainable alternative in residential heating and cooling applications. Full article
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