Journal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 80, Issue -, Pages 441-453Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.02.018
Keywords
Poland; HDR; EGS in sedimentary rocks; Power estimation
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The article presents the results of modelling geothermal conditions in the Lower Triassic sedimentary formations of the Polish Lowland area (central Poland) and an electricity production model for a. prospective EGS (Enhanced Geothermal System) installation situated in that area. On the basis of comprehensive analyses, this area has been selected as optimal for EGS plants operating in sedimentary complexes in the Polish Lowland. Numerical modelling was conducted using TOUGH2 code and served to evaluate the energy performance of the prospective EGS plant operating in the area. Modelling results indicate that the energy performance of the EGS plant is strongly dependent on the volume and permeability of the artificially fractured zone and its net power is dependent on the power consumed by the circulating pumps that stimulate the flow. For the top layer of the Buntsandstein formation at a depth of ca. 5500 m and temperature of ca.170 degrees C, the modelled net power of an EGS plant operating in the area ranged from 2 to 3 MW for a circulation of 200 m(3)/h, and at 100 m(3)/h it ranged from 1.3 to 1.6 MW depending on the permeability and volume of the fractured zone used for the circulation in question. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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