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Status of Underground Thermal Energy Storage as Shallow Geothermal Energy  

Shim, Byoung-Ohan (Geological Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Lee, Chol-Woo (Geological Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.43, no.2, 2010 , pp. 197-205 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently abrupt climate changes have been occurred in global and regional scales and $CO_2$ reduction technologies became an important solution for global warming. As a method of the solution shallow underground thermal energy storage (UTES) has been applied as a reliable technology in most countries developing renewable energy. The geothermal energy system using thermal source of soil, rock, and ground water in aquifer or cavern located in shallow ground is designed based on the concept of thermal energy recovery and storage. UTES technology of Korea is in early stage and consistent researches are demanded to develop environmental friendly, economical and efficient UTES systems. Aquifers in Korea are suitable for various type of ground water source heat pump system. However due to poor understanding and regulations on various UTES high efficient geothermal systems have not been developed. Therefore simple closed U-tube type geothermal heat pump systems account for more than 90% of the total geothermal system installation in Korea. To prevent becoming wide-spread of inefficient systems, UTES systems considering to the hydrogeothemal properties of the ground should be developed and installed. Also international collaboration is necessary, and continuous UTES researches can improve the efficiency of shallow geothermal systems.
Keywords
underground thermal energy storage (UTES); geothermal system; hydrogeothermal; air-conditioning; aquifer;
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