Relaxation factor for geothermal use development - Criteria for a more fair and sustainable geothermal use of shallow energy resources

Geothermics

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-137

  García Gil, Alejandro ^a,b   Vázquez Suñe, Enric ^b   Schneider, Eduardo Garrido ^c   Sánchez Navarro, José Ángel ^a   Mateo Lázaro, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GSHP; GWHP; Relaxation factor; Shallow energy resources; Thermal management policies; Urban hydrogeology

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA; ENERGY SECTOR; GSHP; GWHP; MANAGEMENT POLICY; RELAXATION FACTORS; SHALLOW ENERGY RESOURCE; SHALLOW GEOTHERMAL ENERGIES; THERMAL MANAGEMENT POLICY; URBAN HYDROGEOLOGIES;

AQUIFERS;

ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84949666613     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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