Examination of Operational Methods for a Low-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Storage Air Conditioning System Based on Operational Performance and Considerations of Thermal Storage and Pumping Volume Balance

Linri Cui (), Masatoshi Nishioka, Masaki Nakao and Kenji Ueda
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Linri Cui: Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
Masatoshi Nishioka: Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
Masaki Nakao: Urban Resilience Research Center, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
Kenji Ueda: Thermal System Group, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd., 1-1-1 Wadasaki-Cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe 652-8585, Japan

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-23

Abstract: Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems are garnering attention as high-efficiency air conditioning technologies that contribute to the realization of a carbon-neutral society. This study focuses on an ATES system constructed in Japan, characterized by its complex geological conditions and thin aquifer layers. Detailed actual performance data measured over four years are presented, and performance analysis results show that a COP of 5 was achieved for the overall building cooling and heating system. In addition, the study provides a detailed analysis of the imbalance in heat quantity, remaining heat storage, and other factors based on actual data, identifying operational issues and summarizing specific improvement measures. Finally, as a proposal for a sustainable operational method to balance the cumulative heat storage and pumping volume of cold and hot water, specific operational procedures are summarized, including setting the return water temperature for the next season based on the dimensionless average pumping temperature of the previous season, and a flowchart is presented. There is no prior research that shows such specific operational procedures, and this can be considered an important achievement of this study.

Keywords: aquifer thermal energy storage system; dimensionless average production; storage quantity balance; pumping volume balance; system COP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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