ECS 310 Lecture 10: 10
25 Dec 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Potential for deep geothermal cooling in south florida. Peninsula wall in south fl temperature decreases as depth increases (60 degrees at. 3000 ft depth, 80 degrees at 0 ft depth) Background and intro to deep well cooling (dwc) Concept dates to a paper by kohout in 1965. There"s inflow of cool ocean water from straits of fl based on geothermal gradient. Cooling trend due to water circulating in the platform water circulating=kohout convection. Impermeable area, rocks=boulder zone (like a set of caves thousands of feet below water) Water flowing across the evaporator (cooling) is at a lower temperature, cools more efficiently (less power) Heat pump compressor works less the less water has to be cooled across the evaporator (cooling) coil. Geology beneath the concept south florida + new data. South fl has right geology, by the ocean and a deep water channel. Straits of florida has cold bottom water.
