• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.84.1-84.1
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• 2015

Recent years in particular in Korea see intensive interests in a deep geothermal engineering and its application in different uses as far as from direct uses to power generation sectors, that are achieved by harnessing hot energy sources from the earth. For instance widespread interest has been generated because the geothermal energy is the source that one extracts it for more than 20 hours per day and for about 30 years of an operation of the plant, which enables to give base load as for heating as well as an electric generation. In retrospect, shallow geothermal energy using heat pumps is commonplace in Korea while the deep geothermal is in the early stage of the development. Geothermal energies in view of the way of extracting heat are mainly categorized into several types such as a single well system, a hydrothermal system, an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) etc. In this talk, this speaker focuses on the thermo-fluid engineering of the single well system by introducing the modeling in order to harness hot fluid that is thermally balanced with the fluid of an injection well, which provides a challenge to assess the life time of the well. To avoid the loss of the temperature in producing the hot fluid, a specialized pipe or a borehole heat exchanger has been designed, and its concept is introduced. On the other hand, a binary system or an organic Rankine cycle, which provides the methodology to convert the heat into an electricity, is briefly introduced. Some experimental results of the binary system which has been constructed in our lab will be presented. Lastly as for the future direction, some comments for the industrialization of the deep geothermal energy in this country will be discussed.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2016

The thermodynamic performance of ocean thermal energy conversion with 1 kg/s geothermal water flow rate as a heat source was evaluated to obtain the basic data for the optimal design of cycle with respect to the classification of the working fluid. The basic thermodynamic model for cycle is rankine cycle and the geothermal water and deep seawater were adapted for the heat source of evaporator and condenser, respectively. R245fa, R134a are better to use as a working fluid than others in view of the use of geothermal water. It is important to select the proper working fluid to operate the ocean thermal energy conversion. So, this paper can be used as the basic data for the design of ocean thermal energy conversion with geothermal water and deep seawater.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.8-17
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• 2016

While greenhouses have been utilized as a sustainable alternative to traditional soil farming, they are often powered by diesel boilers that necessitate vast amounts of non-renewable energy and emit toxic fumes. Thus, geothermal heat pumps have been proposed as a more energy-efficient substitution for diesel boilers. Currently, most horticultural facilities in the United States use shallow geothermal systems, and are often equipped with horizontal underground heat exchangers as well as heat pump equipment. These shallow geothermal systems require a large drilling site and heat pump to function, which results in high maintenance costs. The heat pump itself consumes a large amount of power, which degrades system performance. Conversely, high temperatures can be attained within a single borehole in deep geothermal vertical closing systems without using a heat pump. This setup can dramatically reduce the power consumption and improve system performance. In this study, we have modeled a circulation simulator after the circulation systems in deep geothermal facilities to analyze a 2000-meter borehole in Naju-Sanpo-myeon. The simulator is operated by manipulating various putative parameters affecting system performance to analyze the system's coefficient of performance.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.485-494
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• 2006

1920년대의 온천조사에서부터 현재에 이르기까지 우리나라 지열연구의 역사를 간략히 요약하고, 우리나라의 지열류량 연구 결과 및 추세, 지열의 근원 연구, 그리고 지열에너지 개발 및 활용분야에 대한 연구활동을 정리하였다. 우리나라에서의 지열연구는 1970년대까지 주로 온천조사와 관련되어 있다. 1980년대에 들어서 연구소와 학계에서 온천조사 뿐만 아니라, 지열류량에 대한 연구도 많이 수행하게 되었으며 1996년도에는 우리나라 전국적인 지온경사 분포도와 지열류량 분포도를 발간하게 되었다. 또한 우리나라 온천수에 대한 지화학적 동위원소 분석과 화강암 지대의 열생산율 측정도 1990년대에 주로 이루어졌다. 지열개발과 활용에 대한 시도는 1990년대 초반부터 시도되었으나 실제 개발을 위한 시추로 이어지게 된 것은 2000년대에 들어와서 가능해졌다. 최근의 활발한 심부 지열수 자원 개발이나 천부 지중열을 활용한 냉난방 수요의 증가 등 주변여건이 호전됨에 따라 우리나라 지열연구개발의 전망은 밝다고 판단된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.271-281
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• 2022

This study discusses challenges of running expandable profile liners (EPLs) to isolate trouble zones in directional section of a deep well, and summary the expandable profile liner technology (EPLT) field trial experience. Technically, the trial result reveals that it is feasible to apply the EPLT solving lost-circulation control problem and wellbore instability in the deep directional section. Propose schemes for optimizing the EPLT operation procedure to break through the existing bottleneck of EPLT in the deep directional section. Better-performing transition joints are developed to improve EPL string reliability in high borehole curvature section. High-performing and reliable expanders reduce the number of trips, offer excellent mechanical shaping efficiency, simplify the EPLT operation procedure. Application of the expansion and repair integrated tool could minimize the risk of insufficient expansion and increase the operational length of the EPL string. The new welding process and integrated automatic welding equipment improve the welding quality and EPL string structural integrity. These optimization schemes and recent new advancements in EPLT can bring significant economic benefits and promote the application of EPLT to meet future challenges.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2014

The volcanic type of geothermal water is linked intimately to active or potentially active volcanoes and takes place near the plate boundaries. In contrast to the volcanic type, the geothermal water in Korea has a non-volcanic origin. Korea's geothermal water is classified into the residual magma (RM) type and deep groundwater (DG) type according to the criterion of $35^{\circ}C$. This study reviewed the relationship between the physical and chemical features of the 281 geothermal water sources in South Korea in terms of the specific capacity, water temperature, and chemical compositions of two different basements (igneous rock and metamorphic rock) as well as the geological structures. According to the spatial relationship between the geothermal holes and geological faults, the length of the major fault is considered a key parameter determining the movement to a deeper place and the temperature of geothermal water. A negligible relationship between the specific capacity (Q/s) and temperature was found for both the RM type and DG type with the greater specific capacities of the RM- and DG-igneous types than the RM- and DG-metamorphic types. No relationship was observed between Q/s and the chemical constituents ($K^+$, $Na^+$, $Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, $Cl^-$, $SO_4{^{2-}}$, $HCO_3{^-}$, and $SiO_2$) in the DG-igneous and DG-metamorphic types. Furthermore, weak relationship between temperature and chemical constituents was found for both the RM type and DG type.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.693-696
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• 2005

KIGAM (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) launched a new project to develop the low-temperature geothermal water in the area showing high geothermal anomaly, north of Pohang city, for large-scale space heating. Surface geologic and geophysical surveys including Landsat 1M image analysis, gravity, magnetic, Magnetotelluric (MT) and controlled-source audio-frequency MT (CSAMT), and self-potential (SP) methods have been conducted and the possible fracture zone was found that would serve as deeply connected geothermal water conduit. In 2004, two test wells of 1.1km and 1.5km depths have been drilled and various kinds of borehole survey including geophysical logging, pumping test, SP monitoring, core logging and sample analysis have followed. Temperature of geothermal water at the bottom of 1.5km borehole reached over $70^{\circ}C$ and the pumping test showed that the reservoir contained huge amount of geothermal water. Drilling for the production well of 2 km depth is on going. After test utilization and the feasibility study, geothermal water developed from the production well is going to be provided to nearby apartments.

• 지질공학
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.233-241
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• 2012

이 연구의 목적은 현장의 지중열교환기에서 조건별 지중열전도도, 유속, 유량 및 파이프관내 압력을 측정하고, 이들 시험자료들을 분석하여 지열응용의 효율성을 평가하는데 있다. 규정에 따라 현장측정 장비를 설치한 후 3가지 다른 경우에서 각각 열전도도를 얻었다. 2차와 3차 경우의 결과를 바탕으로, 동일한 암반 지중하에서 다른 깊이(506 m, 151 m), 다른 파이프관경(65 mm, 30 mm)별 얻어진 열전도도는 각각 k=2.9, k=2.8로 크게 차이가 나지 않았다. 4차 경우는 2차 경우와 같은 조건의 심도 지중하에서도 이중관일 경우에는 열전도도가 k=2.5로 크게 차이 나지 않았다. 이러한 결과는 지열이용 시, 같은 지질일 경우 깊이가 중요한 변수가 될 수 있음을 보여 주고 있다. 또한 이 시험에서 얻은 물의 유속과 물의 유량 측정값 및 열전도도를 시뮬레이션 분석한 결과, 지열시스템의 운영 시 심도 506 m 지열공 한개가 심도 151 m 지열공 3개 운영보다 더 경제적임이 확인되었다. 비슷한 지중열전도도 환경에서 0.8 m/sec로 같은 유속일 경우 약 4배의 유량($9.3{\sim}9.8m^3/d$, $2.3{\sim}2.5m^3/d$)의 차이를 보였다. 특히 대도시 건물 밀집형 지대 또는 지가가 비싸서 간접비가 많이 발생하는 대도시 지역에서는 훨씬 더 경제적일 것으로 판단된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.199-210
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• 2022

This study build finite element analysis (FEA) models describing the bending events of coiled tubing (CT) at the wellhead and trips into the hole, accurately provide the state of stress and strain while the CT is in service. The bending moment and axial force history curves are used as loads and boundary conditions in the diametrical growth models to ensure consistency with the actual working conditions in field operations. The simulation diametrical growth results in this study are more accurate and reasonable. Analysis the factors influencing fatigue and diametrical growth shows that the internal pressure has a first-order influence on fatigue, followed by the radius of the guide arch, reel and the CT diameter. As the number of trip cycles increase, fatigue damage, residual stress and strain cumulatively increase, until CT failure occurs. Significant residual stresses remain in the CT cross-section, and the CT exhibits a residual curvature, the initial residual bending configuration of CT under wellbore constraints, after running into the hole, is sinusoidal. The residual stresses and residual bending configuration significantly decrease the buckling load, making the buckling and buckling release of CT in the downhole an elastic-plastic process, exacerbating the helical lockup. The conclusions drawn in this study will improve CT models and contribute to the operational and economic success of CT services.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.434-437
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• 2006

Though numerous drilling has been performed in Jeju Island for development of ground water, the wells are mostly located along the coast lines or at low altitude area, and can hardly be found on the mid-mountain area. Two-dimensional magnetotelluric (MT) surveys have been carried out to cover the lack of geological Informal ion on the mid-mountain area and to figure out any possible structures or evidences for deep geothermal energy remained. Two-dimensional (2-D) inversion of MT data for four survey lines surrounding the Halla mountain show a thick layer having around 10 ohm-m in the depth of a few hundred meters throughout the survey area, which can be considered as the unconsol idated sedimentary layer. And they also show a conductive anomaly extending to more than 2km depth at the central part of each survey lines, which can possibly be related with old volcanic activities during the formation of Halla Mt.. Further seological/geophysical investigations should be followed.