Mapping of subsurface minewater resources against surface demands

根据地表需求绘制地下矿井水资源图

• 批准号: 2672495
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2672495
• 关键词: Mapping; subsurface; minewater; resources; against

Decarbonising heating and cooling, and the wide rollout of thermal storage are some of the greatest remaining challenges to decarbonising our energy system. Heating currently accounts for 45% of UK's energy use. Approximately 25% of the UK population live above abandoned coal mines that host geothermally heated water, which can be upgraded by heat pumps and delivered to homes and businesses through heat networks. If used for thermal energy storage, mines could become a strategic low-carbon vector, storing heat generated from surplus renewable electricity, eliminating wasteful constraint payments. Consideration of minewater thermal resources and district heat in general must occur at the very initial design stages of a project so that demands are balanced with the ability of a minewater resource to supply heating, cooling and thermal storage. This PhD will investigate the potential for mapping the subsurface opportunity against the surface demands and supplies. The project will use the existing mapping of heat demands in Scotland, focussing in on specific case study areas, to develop a truly integrated surface and subsurface approach to developing mine resources. The student will build a coupled surface and subsurface GIS to examine implications for appraisal, optimisation and management of thermal resources, regulation of heat, and energy masterplanning. The student will join the HotScot Network: an academic-industry consortium aiming to transform Scotland's mining legacy from a liability into an asset: providing low cost, low carbon heating, cooling and thermal storage to homes and businesses.

脱碳供暖和制冷以及广泛推广储热是我们能源系统脱碳的一些最大挑战。供暖目前占英国能源消耗的45%。大约25%的英国人住在废弃的煤矿上面，那里有地热热水，可以通过热泵升级，并通过热网输送到家庭和企业。如果用于热能储存，矿山可以成为一种战略性的低碳载体，储存多余的可再生电力产生的热量，消除浪费的限制性支付。一般来说，必须在项目的最初设计阶段就考虑到矿水热资源和区域供热，以便在需求与矿水资源提供供暖、制冷和蓄热的能力之间取得平衡。该博士学位将研究地下机会与地表需求和供应的映射潜力。该项目将利用苏格兰现有的热需求地图，重点关注具体的案例研究领域，以开发真正综合的地表和地下方法来开发矿山资源。学生将建立一个耦合的地表和地下地理信息系统，以研究对热资源的评估、优化和管理、热调节和能源总体规划的影响。该学生将加入HotScot网络：一个旨在将苏格兰矿业遗产从负债转变为资产的学术-行业联盟：为家庭和企业提供低成本，低碳的供暖，制冷和储热。