Speaker
Dr
Andrea MASELLA
(Brescia University)
Description
The employ of geothermal heat pumps to supply large heating systems is a technology which has been developed in the last decade in Italy, in particular using shallow geothermal sources thanks to following technical, environmental and economical advantages in comparison with deep resources:
· shallow resources are easier to be found
· no mining risk or at least reduced mining risk
· strong reduction of drilling costs
· simpler authorization procedures
· lower problems for the chemical composition of the geothermal fluid
· need in any case for the use of a heat pump system
· possible compensation of the reduced temperature drop with a higher available flow.
For this reasons, the lecture will describe the following application cases of ground water heat pumps in Milano city:
· the geothermal heat stations feeding the A2A Company district heating systems of Milano Canavese and Milano Famagosta, each with a 15,5 MW ground water heat pump
· the complex named “Palazzo Lombardia” in Milano, the new headquarters of Region Lombardia: the largest building in the world fully heated by means only of geothermal sources.
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A. MASELLA
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Author
Dr
Andrea MASELLA
(Brescia University)
Co-author
Dr
Carlo PIEMONTE
(Studio Associato di Ingegneria)
