DESCRIPTION
The research focused on defining the operating ranges of the high-efficiency geothermal technology “Eavor Loop,” i.e., a giant underground heat exchanger that, depending on the thermal conditions of the site, is heated and used for both thermal and electrical production, by identifying the distribution of sites on the national territory corresponding to the operating ranges and by carrying out in-depth geological analyses for two regions (Sardinia and Campania). It was considered of interest to model the applicability and producibility of the latest technological version, since the new configuration has been optimized to reach deeper targets, with the possibility of operating not only in terrigenous and carbonate geological formations, but also in metamorphic ones, with depths up to 7 km.
 
APPLICATIONS
The main application of the “EAVOR 2.0 closed-loop” geothermal technology operating range definition studies is to enable ex-ante exploitability studies and the evaluation of the thermal and electrical producibility of geothermal spatial systems characterized by high efficiency.
 
USERS
The main users of studies related to heat exchangers in existing wells are policy makers, but mostly energy operators and local governments.
 
FOCUS
N. Bernardo – Sviluppo della geotermia a bassa entalpia:il potenziale e gli strumenti di supporto (Development of low-enthalpy geometry: the potential of support instruments) – Geotermia per la transizione energetica. Riscaldamento e Raffrescamento rinnovabile – Geothermal Energy for green transition – Renewable Heating and cooling – Napoli – 08/04/2022
N. Bernardo – Potenzialità della geotermia nella transizione energetica: la ricerca di RSE – Stati Generali della Geotermia – Roma -16/06/2022
N. Bernardo – The potential of geothermal energy in the energy transition: the research of RSE – Earth technology Day – Firenze – 05/10/2022