scholarly journals Chapter 14 Geological hazards from salt mining, brine extraction and natural salt dissolution in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 369-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony H. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Catastrophic Failure ◽  
Geological Hazards ◽  
Ground Source Heat Pumps ◽  
Ground Source ◽  
Salt Dissolution ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Salt Mining

AbstractSalt mining along with natural and human-induced salt dissolution affects the ground over Permian and Triassic strata in the UK. In England, subsidence caused by salt mining, brine extraction and natural dissolution is known to have occurred in parts of Cheshire (including Northwich, Nantwich, Middlewich), Stafford, Blackpool, Preesall, Droitwich and Teeside/Middlesbrough; it also occurs around Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland. Subsidence ranges from rapid and catastrophic failure to gentle sagging of the ground, both forms being problematical for development, drainage and the installation of assets and infrastructure such as ground source heat pumps. This paper reviews the areas affected by salt subsidence and details the mitigation measures that have been used; the implications for planning in such areas are also considered.

scholarly journals Analysis of ground-source heat pumps in north-of-England homes

2017 ◽  
Vol 170 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Ali ◽  
Mostafa Mohamed ◽  
Mohamad Abdel-Aal ◽  
Alma Schellart ◽  
Simon Tait
Keyword(s):  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Ground Source Heat Pumps ◽  
Ground Source

scholarly journals Ground Source Heat Pumps: Considerations for Large Facilities in Massachusetts

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Wagner ◽  
Benjamin McDaniel ◽  
Dragoljub Kosanovic
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Current System ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Ground Source Heat Pumps ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Ground Source ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Conventional Cooling

Ground-source heat pump (GSHP) systems have been implemented at large scales on several university campuses to provide heating and cooling. In this study, we test the idea that a GSHP system, as a replacement for an existing Combined Heat and Power (CHP) heating system coupled with conventional cooling systems, could reduce CO2 emissions, and provide a cost benefit to a university campus. We use the existing recorded annual heating and cooling loads supplied by the current system and an established technique of modeling the heat pumps and borehole heat exchangers (BHEs) using a TRNSYS model. The GSHP system is modeled to follow the parameters of industry standards and sized to provide an optimal balance of capital and operating costs. Results show that despite a decrease in heating and cooling energy usage and CO2 emissions are achieved, a significant increase in electric demand and purchased electricity result in an overall cost increase. These results highlight the need for thermal energy storage, onsite distributed energy resources and/or demand response in cases where electric heat pumps are used to help mitigate electric demand during peak periods.

Modelling the carbon-saving performance of domestic ground-source heat pumps

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 587-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.P. Jenkins ◽  
R. Tucker ◽  
R. Rawlings
Keyword(s):  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Ground Source Heat Pumps ◽  
Ground Source

Renewable Energy Technologies, Sustainable Development, and Environment

2015 ◽  
pp. 159-193
Author(s):  
Abdeen Mustafa Omer
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Ground Source ◽  
Reduction Of Energy Consumption

The move towards a low-carbon world, driven partly by climate science and partly by the business opportunities it offers, will need the promotion of environmentally friendly alternatives, if an acceptable stabilisation level of atmospheric carbon dioxide is to be achieved. This chapter presents a comprehensive review of energy sources, and the development of sustainable technologies to explore these energy sources. It also includes potential renewable energy technologies, efficient energy systems, energy savings techniques and other mitigation measures necessary to reduce climate changes. The chapter concludes with the technical status of the ground source heat pumps (GSHP) technologies. The purpose of this study, however, is to examine the means of reduction of energy consumption in buildings, identify GSHPs as an environmental friendly technology able to provide efficient utilisation of energy in the buildings sector.

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