ABSTRACT

The thermal use of the shallow subsurface is increasingly being promoted and implemented as one of many promising measures for saving energy. A series of questions arises concerning the design and management of underground and groundwater heat extraction systems, such as the sharing of the thermal resource and the assessment of its long-term potent

chapter 1|36 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|64 pages

Fundamentals

chapter 3|62 pages

Analytical solutions

chapter 4|34 pages

Numerical solutions

chapter 5|12 pages

Long-term operability and sustainability

chapter 6|20 pages

Field methods

chapter 7|39 pages

Case studies