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Theme IV-12: Geothermy:
An Alternative Source of Energy – Dr. J.J. Royer (France)
Presentation abstracts
will appear here as soon as possible.
The energy demand increases
worldwide bringing greater pressures on the traditional fossil
sources. Our modern society reacts by concrete actions in structural
changes (energy saving policy, ecotaxes, new low energy technology)
and research programs on alternative sources for energy. Among
others, Geothermy (*1) is considered as one of the most promising
alternatives for the future because of its enormous potentiality
at large scale. In some geothermal active areas (Island, New-Zealand,
Mexico, ...) it is already a major source for heat and electricity.The
session aims to bring together some of the most active and well
known scientists and practitioners involved in all aspects of
geothermy. The
objectives of this Session are to draw the state of the art and
define the future directions for research and development in the
Geothermy, both from theoretical, developer and practitioner point
of views.
Submitted abstracts
include:
An Equivalent Porous
Media Approach for Geothermal Reservoirs: Application to Heat
and Mass Transfers Modeling of the Soultz Geothermal Doublet
P. Audigane and J.J. Royer, France
Characterising the
Soultz Geothermal Reservoir Using Microseismicity
J.J. Royer, P. Audigane and S. Shapiro, France
The Closed Geothermal
Heat Exchanger System-An Independent Concept for Geothermal Energy
Production from Deep Reservoir Rocks
Björn Legarth, Helmut Wolf, Technical University Berlin.
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(*1) The
heat flow through a 10kmx10km square at the Earth surface is equivalent
to 7MW.
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