Fundamentals of Underground Thermal Energy Storage (UTES) Systems  

Education Type: 
On-Demand
Duration: 
1.5 Hours
Level: 
Introductory
Prerequisites: 

None

AIA Learning Units: 
1.0 LU
Professional Development Hours: 
1.5 PDH

Learning Objectives

This course will cover:

  • Why Consider Geothermal Systems?
  • Overview of Direct Use Geothermal Heat pump architecture vs. GHP systems designed for true thermal Storage
  • Underground Thermal Energy Storage (UTES)
  • Review of the DoD UTES Demonstrations Projects
  • Utilizing Distributed Temperature Sensing
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