TY - CHAP
T1 - Abandoned Wells and Geothermal Energy
T2 - A Survey on the Utilization of Geothermal Heat from Abandoned Wells in Energy Systems
AU - Kolahi, Mohammad-Reza
AU - Ebadollahi, Mohammad
AU - Nami, Hossein
AU - Yari, Mortaza
AU - Amidpour, Majid
AU - Ebrahimi, Davar
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Every year many oil and gas wells in the oilfields get depleted and abandoned all over the world. Notwithstanding the costs and risks of the petroleum wells depletion, they contain sufficient amounts of geothermal energy that can be used for different purposes. Utilizing the geothermal heat of the abandoned oil and gas wells, besides saving drilling costs and managing the residual oil pollution, can relieve the energy problems. This chapter will focus on the plausibility of geothermal heat extraction from the abandoned wells, their associated advantages and challenges, the methods of heat extraction, and the utilized energy systems. Finally, a new approach in the application of energy systems in the abandoned wells will be analyzed and optimized.
AB - Every year many oil and gas wells in the oilfields get depleted and abandoned all over the world. Notwithstanding the costs and risks of the petroleum wells depletion, they contain sufficient amounts of geothermal energy that can be used for different purposes. Utilizing the geothermal heat of the abandoned oil and gas wells, besides saving drilling costs and managing the residual oil pollution, can relieve the energy problems. This chapter will focus on the plausibility of geothermal heat extraction from the abandoned wells, their associated advantages and challenges, the methods of heat extraction, and the utilized energy systems. Finally, a new approach in the application of energy systems in the abandoned wells will be analyzed and optimized.
KW - Abandoned oil wells
KW - Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)
KW - Borehole Heat Exchanger (BHE)
KW - Desalination
KW - Depleted oil reservoir
KW - Zeotropic mixtures
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-90720-4_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-90720-4_13
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-030-90719-8
T3 - Green Energy and Technology
SP - 337
EP - 355
BT - Synergy Development in Renewables Assisted Multi-carrier Systems
A2 - Amidpour, Majid
A2 - Ebadollahi, Mohammad
A2 - Jabari, Farkhondeh
A2 - Kolahi, Mohammad-Reza
A2 - Ghaebi, Hadi
PB - Springer
ER -