scholarly journals GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCE POTENTIAL IN NIGERIA FROM AEROMAGNETIC REVIEWS: ANOTHER PANACEA FOR ENERGY CRISES AND ENVIRONMENTAL GLOBAL WARMING

2021 ◽  
pp. 001
Author(s):  
Levi Ikechukwu Nwankwo
Keyword(s):  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
Widespread Occurrence ◽  
Energy Applications ◽  
Quantum Leap ◽  
Science Advice ◽  
Made In

An effort has been made in this paper to advocate a panacea to the prevailing energy crisis in Nigeria by reviewing the country’s geothermal energy resource potential from regional aeromagnetic calculations. There is widespread occurrence of warm/hot springs in Nigeria, which gives credence to the availability and abundance of geothermal reserves. Results of aeromagnetic investigations also confirm that areas with anomalous high heat flow exist in Nigeria, showing high prospects of employing geothermal energy for direct and indirect energy applications. It is, therefore, imperative for Nigeria to take a quantum leap in holistic renewable energy research and development through appropriate government science advice, policy and environmental management.

scholarly journals Geothermal energy resource potential of Canada

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
S E Grasby ◽  
D M Allen ◽  
S Bell ◽  
Z Chen ◽  
G Ferguson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Resource Potential

scholarly journals Geothermal energy resource potential of Canada

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
S E Grasby ◽  
D M Allen ◽  
S Bell ◽  
Z Chen ◽  
G Ferguson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Resource Potential

Analytical solution for estimating the influence of a pre-existing ground water flow on a geothermal heat production-injection well system

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
I. David ◽  
M. Visescu
Keyword(s):  
Ground Water ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Injection Well ◽  
Production Well ◽  
Ground Water Flow ◽  
The Earth

Abstract Geothermal energy source is the heat from the Earth, which ranges from the shallow ground (the upper 100 m of the Earth) to the hot water and hot rock which is a few thousand meters beneath the Earth's surface. In both cases the so-called open systems for geothermal energy resource exploitation consist of a groundwater production well to supply heat energy and an injection well to return the cooled water, from the heat pump after the thermal energy transfer, in the underground. In the paper an analytical method for a rapid estimation of the ground water flow direction effect on the coupled production well and injection well system will be proposed. The method will be illustrated with solutions and images for representative flow directions respect to the axis of the production/injection well system.

Organic waste to energy: resource potential and barriers to uptake in Chile

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Ludlow ◽  
Francisca Jalil-Vega ◽  
Ximena Schmidt Rivera ◽  
Rene Garrido ◽  
Adam Hawkes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Waste ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Resource Potential

scholarly journals Application of heat-flow techniques to geothermal energy exploration, Leach Hot Springs area, Grass Valley, Nevada

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Sass ◽  
J.P. Ziagos ◽  
H.A. Wollenberg ◽  
R.J. Munroe ◽  
D. E. di Somma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Flow Techniques

scholarly journals Using open software to teach resource assessment of solar thermal and geothermal energy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Ulazia ◽  
Aitor Urresti ◽  
Alvaro Campos ◽  
Gabriel Ibarra-Berastegi ◽  
Mirari Antxustegi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Resource Assessment ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
System Modelling ◽  
Geothermal Resources ◽  
Life Problems

The students of the Faculties of Engineering of the Universitty of Basque Country (Gipuzkoa-Eibar and Bilbao) in the last years of their studies, before becoming engineers, have the opportunity to select a block of subjects intended to enhance their knowledge on renewable energy systems. One of these subjects is Solar Thermal and Geothermal energy. These subjects are devoted to assessing the renewable energy resource, and designing optimal systems. Apart from the transmission of good practices, the focus is practical and is based on hands-on computer real-life exercises, which involves not only intensive programming using high-level software, but also the spatial representation of results. To that purpose two main open source codes are used: Octave (https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/), and QGIS (https://www.qgis.org/). Students learn how to address real-life problems regarding the geographical representation of solar radiation and low temperature geothermal resources using QGIS, and solar thermal system modelling using Octave.

scholarly journals GEOTHERMAL ENERGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA AND HYDROCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF ITS EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrijana Stevanović ◽  
Boban Jolović
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Geothermal Gradient ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Thermal Waters ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Banja Luka

One of the most used renewable energy sources worldwide is geothermal energy. Itrepresents the heat, originated by natural processes happen in the Earth interior. The hot springsphenomena are the most frequent natural manifestation of geothermal activity.Geothermal potentiality of some area can be estimated based on geothermal gradient. Geothermalgradient is a conductive terrestrial parameter that represents the degree of increasing of the Earthtemperature vs. depth. It is usually expressed in ⁰C/m or ⁰C/km. Different areas have differentthermal gradients and thus different geothermal potential. Generally, higher geothermal gradientscorrespond to areas containing more geothermal energy.Geothermal characteristics of the territory of the Republic of Srpska are closely related to itscomplex geological setting. It is the reason why geothermal characteristics are different from areato area. Higher geothermal potentiality is recognised in the northern parts of the entity, in the firstorder in Semberija, Posavina and Banja Luka regions.The use of geothermal energy with different fluid temperatures can be considered throughthe Lindaldiagram, who firstly proposed acomprehensive scale with appropriate temperatures for differentuses. High temperature fluids are mostly used for electricity production and moderate and lowtemperature fluids for the direct use.Despite the fact that the territory of the Republic of Srpska hasfavourable geothermal properties, utilization of this kind of renewable energy resource isinadequate. Especially indicative are data about the use of geothermal energy by heat pumps (inbad sense) in comparison with praxis of developed countries.Chemical composition of thermal waters plays very important role and can be used in itsexploration stage, for analyses of possibility of its use and for prediction of exploitation effects, aswell. This kind of renewable energyresource, highly ecologically recommended, must be consideredmore seriously in the future in the Republic of Srpska. Furthermore, it must be put into the energystrategic documentsin appropriate manner.

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