[en] In theory, aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) systems can recover in winter the heat stored in the aquifer during summer to increase the energy efficiency of the system. In practice, the energy efficiency is often lower than expected from simulations due to spatial heterogeneity of hydraulic properties or non‐favorable hydrogeological conditions. A proper design of ATES systems should therefore consider the uncertainty of the prediction related to those parameters. We use a novel framework called Bayesian Evidential Learning (BEL) to estimate the heat storage capacity of an alluvial aquifer using a heat tracing experiment. BEL is based on two main stages: pre‐ and postfield data acquisition. Before data acquisition, Monte Carlo simulations and global sensitivity analysis are used to assess the information content of the data to reduce the uncertainty of the prediction. After data acquisition, prior falsification and machine learning based on the same Monte Carlo are used to directly assess uncertainty on key prediction variables from observations. The result is a full quantification of the posterior distribution of the prediction conditioned to observed data, without any explicit full model inversion. We demonstrate the methodology in field conditions and validate the framework using independent measurements.
Disciplines :
Geological, petroleum & mining engineering
Author, co-author :
Hermans, Thomas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Département Argenco : Secteur GeMMe
Nguyen, Frédéric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Géophysique appliquée
Klepikova, Maria
Dassargues, Alain ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement
Caers, Jef
Language :
English
Title :
Uncertainty quantification of medium‐term heat storage from short‐term geophysical experiments using bayesian evidential learning
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