Abandoned wells multigeneration system: Promising zero CO2 emission geothermal energy system
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2022
Abstract
Multigeneration systems have proven to be one of the most spectacular and cutting-edge technologies over the previous few decades, producing a diverse range of useful outputs that include electricity, space heating, space cooling, and hydrogen production. However, only single-generation systems have received attention when it comes to using the thermal potential of abandoned wells. Therefore, this study exploits ambient geothermal wells by utilizing a multigeneration system. Oil and natural gas units are typically found to use a large amount of natural gas to meet the electrical demands of worksite personnel and the natural gas compression system which is a costly and environmentally unfriendly process. This study offers a way of dealing with energy demands and environmental contamination that is both sustainable and cost-effective. To make remote oil and natural gas units self-sufficient, a suggested multigeneration system gathers energy from ambient geothermal wells and produces 15.78 MW of electricity. A total of 52,187 kW of heat is produced by the abandoned well. To make industry a negative emission unit, this system collects H2S from natural gas at a rate of 30 g/s and CO2 from ambient air at a rate of 45.39 kg/s (zero self-emission and absorb from the air). © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Islamic Azad University.
Keywords
Abandoned wells, Cooling systems, Cost effectiveness, Electric power generation, Energy harvesting, Gases, Geothermal energy, Hydrogen production, Ambients, CO 2 emission, Cutting edge technology, Diverse range, Geothermal energy systems, Multi generations, Multigeneration system, Oil and natural gas, Potential of geothermal well, Zero emission, Carbon dioxide
Divisions
nanocat
Funders
None
Publication Title
International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering
Volume
13
Issue
4
Publisher
Institute for Ionics