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Numerical Simulation of the Input-Output Behavior of a Geothermal Energy Storage

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  • Paul Honore Takam

    (Institute of Mathematics, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, P.O. Box 101344, 03013 Cottbus, Germany)

  • Ralf Wunderlich

    (Institute of Mathematics, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, P.O. Box 101344, 03013 Cottbus, Germany)

Abstract

This paper studies numerical simulations of the input-output behavior of a geothermal energy storage used in residential heating systems. There, under or aside of a building a certain domain is filled with soil and insulated from the surrounding ground. Thermal energy is stored by raising the temperature of the soil inside the storage, and pipe heat exchangers filled with a moving fluid are used to charge and discharge the storage. Numerical simulations are required for the design, operation and optimal management of heating systems that are equipped with such a thermal storage system. They help to understand the storage response to charging and discharging processes, which depend crucially on the dynamics of the spatial temperature distribution in the storage medium. The latter is modeled mathematically by an initial boundary value problem for a linear heat equation with convection. The problem is solved numerically by finite difference discretization. Finally, the results of computer simulations are presented, which show the properties of the temperature distribution in the storage and its aggregated characteristics.

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  • Paul Honore Takam & Ralf Wunderlich, 2025. "Numerical Simulation of the Input-Output Behavior of a Geothermal Energy Storage," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-21, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:18:y:2025:i:6:p:1558-:d:1616895
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