Assessment of short-term aquifer thermal energy storage for demand-side management perspectives: Experimental and numerical developments

De Schepper, Guillaume; Paulus, Claire; Bolly, Pierre-Yves; Hermans, Thomas; Lesparre, Nolwenn; Robert, Tanguy

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Assessment of short-term aquifer thermal energy storage for demand-side management perspectives: Experimental and numerical developments

De Schepper, Guillaume; Paulus, Claire; Bolly, Pierre-Yves et al.

2019 • In Applied Energy, 242, p. 534-546

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Aquifer thermal energy storage; Demand-side management; Energy efficiency; Geophysics; Geothermics; Hydrogeological modeling; Aquifers; Demand side management; Electric utilities; Groundwater flow; Groundwater resources; Heat storage; Hydrogeology; Recovery; Storage management; Temperature; Thermal energy; Alluvial aquifers; Energy recovery rate; Groundwater heat pumps; Hydrogeological models; Stored thermal energy; Temperature differences; Geothermal energy

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[en] In the context of demand-side management and geothermal energy production, our proposal is to store thermal energy in shallow alluvial aquifers at shorter frequencies than classical seasonal aquifer thermal energy storage. We first conducted a one-week experiment in a shallow alluvial aquifer, which is characterized by a slow ambient groundwater flow, to assess its potential for thermal energy storage and recovery. This experiment has shown that up to 90% of the stored thermal energy can be recovered and would therefore suggest that aquifer thermal energy storage could be considered for demand-side management applications. We then conceptualized, developed, and calibrated a deterministic 3D groundwater flow and heat transport numerical model representing our study site, and we simulated 77 different scenarios to further assess this potential. This has allowed us to demonstrate that low-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (temperature differences of −4 K for precooling and 3, 6, and 11 K for preheating) is efficient with energy recovery rates ranging from 78 to 87%, in a single aquifer thermal energy storage cycle. High-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (temperature differences between 35 and 65 K) presents lower energy recovery rates, from 53 to 71%, with all other parameters remaining equals. Energy recovery rates decrease with increasing storage duration and this decrease is faster for higher temperatures. Retrieving directly useful heat (without upgrading with a groundwater heat pump) using only a single storage and recovery cycle appears to be complicated. Nevertheless, there is room for aquifer thermal energy storage optimization in space and time with regard to improving both the energy recovery rates and the recovered absolute temperatures. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd

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Energy

Author, co-author :

De Schepper, Guillaume; AQUALE sprl, R&D Department, Rue Ernest Montellier 22, 5380 Noville-les-Bois, Belgium

Paulus, Claire; Raco bvba, Meylandtlaan 39, 3550 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, UCLouvain, Louvain School of Engineering, Rue Archimède 1, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium

Bolly, Pierre-Yves; AQUALE sprl, R&D Department, Rue Ernest Montellier 22, 5380 Noville-les-Bois, Belgium, UCLouvain, Louvain School of Engineering, Rue Archimède 1, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium

Hermans, Thomas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Géophysique appliquée

Lesparre, Nolwenn; University of Liège, Urban & Environmental Engineering, Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la découverte 9, B52/3, Liège, 4000, Belgium, University of Strasbourg, Laboratoire d'hydrologie et de géochimie de Strasbourg (LHyGeS), CNRS UMR 7517, 1 Rue Blessig, Strasbourg, 67084, France

Robert, Tanguy ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement

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English

Title :

Assessment of short-term aquifer thermal energy storage for demand-side management perspectives: Experimental and numerical developments

Publication date :

15 May 2019

Journal title :

Applied Energy

ISSN :

0306-2619

eISSN :

1872-9118

Publisher :

Elsevier Ltd

Volume :

242

Pages :

534-546

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Name of the research project :

ATHENA

Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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