A Study on Geothermal Evaluation of Alluvium and Riverbed using Thermal Line Temperature Monitoring

다중 온도 모니터링을 통한 충적층 및 하상의 지열특성 평가 연구

  • Jung, Woo-Sung (Korea Institute of Water and Environment, Korea Water Resources Corporation) ;
  • Kim, Hyoung-Soo (Korea Institute of Water and Environment, Korea Water Resources Corporation) ;
  • Park, Dong-Soon (Korea Institute of Water and Environment, Korea Water Resources Corporation) ;
  • Ahn, Young-Sub (Korea Institute of Water and Environment, Korea Water Resources Corporation)
  • 정우성 (한국수자원공사 수자원연구원) ;
  • 김형수 (한국수자원공사 수자원연구원) ;
  • 박동순 (한국수자원공사 수자원연구원) ;
  • 안영섭 (한국수자원공사 수자원연구원)
  • Published : 2006.03.24

Abstract

In advanced countries, state-of-the-art temperature monitoring technique is widely used for effective use of geothermal resources. But these kind of modern tools such as Thermal Line Sensor has not been applied to find geothermal characteristics of alluvium and riverbed in domestic area. In this research, state-of-the-art thermal line temperature sensor monitoring was introduced. And long term field test using this type of sensor was performed to find geothermal characteristics of alluvium and riverbed and evaluate the availability for heat energy source. As a result, temperature monitoring technique through thermal line sensor was very effective to obtain basic geothermal information of alluvium deposit and riverbed. Also, it was found that the groundwater temperature phase showed its potential of utilization as a energy source of heat pump. It is estimated that further study shows a specific corelation between temperature monitoring data and its availability as a energy source.

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