GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES AND APPLICATIONS
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: MARISA GIUFFRIDAExpected Learning Outcomes
The course has the specific aim of providing adequate skills on types of geothermal resources, with particular attention to low-enthalpy resources, and on technological methods for their employment.
Course Structure
.42 hours ( 6 CFU) of lectures. Lessons will be held in Italian
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
§ Introduction to Thermogeology
§ Energetic resources, sources and energy production
§ Principles of heat transfer
§ Heat fluxes and geothermal anomalies on Earth
§ Types of geothermal systems
§ Geothermal power plants
§ Ground as Heat Storage Reservoir
§ Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP)
§ Types of low-enthaply geothermal systems with GSHP technology
§ Environmental impact, regulation and geohazards associated to low-enthaply geothermal systems
Textbook Information
Testi di riferimento
- Banks D. (2012). An Introduction to Thermogeology: Ground Source Heating and Cooling. Wiley-Blackwell, 526 pp.
- Buntebarth G. (1984). Geothermics, an Introduction. Springer-Verlag, 144 pp.
- Di Pippo R. (2012). Geothermal Power Plants. Elsevier Academic Press, 573 pp.
- Eppelbaum L., Kutasov, I., Pilchin A. (2014). Applied Geothermics. Springer, 751 pp.
- Kalaiselvam S., Parameshwaran R. (2014). Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Sustainability - Systems Design, Assessment and Applications. Elsevier Academic Press, 430 pp.
- Tinti F. (2009). Geotermia per la Climatizzazione. Dario Flaccovio Editore, 209 pp.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banks (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 2 | Banks (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 3 | Kalaiselvam e Parameshwaran (2014); Supplementary Material | |
| 4 | Kalaiselvam e Parameshwaran (2014); Supplementary Material | |
| 5 | Buntebarth (1984); Eppelbaum et al. (2014); Supplementary Material | |
| 6 | Buntebarth (1984); Eppelbaum et al. (2014); Tinti (2009) | |
| 7 | Eppelbaum et al. (2014); Supplementary Material | |
| 8 | Supplementary Material | |
| 9 | Supplementary Material | |
| 10 | Di Pippo (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 11 | Supplementary Material | |
| 12 | Banks (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 13 | Banks (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 14 | Banks (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 15 | Banks (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 16 | Banks (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 17 | Banks (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 18 | Banks (2012); Supplementary Material | |
| 19 | Banks (2012); Tinti (2009); Supplementary Material | |
| 20 | Banks (2012); Tinti (2009); Supplementary Material | |
| 21 | Banks (2012); Tinti (2009); Supplementary Material | |
| 22 | Banks (2012); Tinti (2009); Supplementary Material |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral exam.
Information for students with disabilities and/or learning disabilities. To ensure equal opportunities and in compliance with the law, students may request a personal interview to plan any compensatory actions based on their educational objectives and specific needs.Students may also contact the CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or LD) contact teacher in our Department, Professor Giorgio De Guidi.