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Geothermal energy - influence of the borehole geometry
Leiter, Augustin ; Frankovská,, Jana (referee) ; Hrubešová,, Eva (referee) ; Miča, Lumír (advisor)
Geothermal energy is one of the oldest forms of energy on our planet. Its use by humanity dates back to the beginning of the ages. The forms of this energy gradually changed from the direct heat of the hot springs, through the heating of the buildings and the baths to the later use of superheated steam for industrial use. Nowadays, there is a large share of the use of large number of ground geothermal boreholes with heat exchangers drilled in the matrix. The geometric arrangement of such system has a considerable impact on its operation. Specific examples show that, unlike the design, actual boreholes in such system can often be drilled non vertically or even curved. These imperfections then usually deteriorate the thermal properties of the system. This thesis demonstrates the influence analysis of the borehole geometry distortion on the system thermal properties, it also informs about the development of a special measuring device designed to obtain information about the actual geometric shape of the investigated borehole and about the development of software for in situ rapid borehole system properties evaluation. The theoretical part of thesis contains the derivation of a simplified numerical model of heat conduction in the vicinity of the borehole system. Its results serve to compare the different borehole variants and the inaccuracy of borehole shaping. Using the simulations, the influence of inaccuracies in the borehole system on its thermal properties is demonstrated in several model configurations. This effect does not occur in a single borehole, but it is significantly visible in organized geothermal borehole systems. It may deteriorate system properties, but under certain circumstances its properties may improve. Verification of the results of these simulations was performed by the FEFLOW simulation software. In the practical part the development of a special instrument for measuring the shape of a geothermal energy borehole is documented. ....
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Pile Foundations - Energy Piles
Hoza, Martin ; Leiter, Augustin (referee) ; Glisníková, Věra (advisor)
At a time when ecology and renewable energy sources come to the fore, the use of geothermal energy appears to be one of the suitable alternatives. The aim of this paper is to explain the function of ground source heat pumps, to mention factors affecting the efficiency of the system and discuss the technology of energy piles realization. This paper also focuses at risks associated with the soil temperature influencing and shows examples of realization.
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Pile design based on Penetration tests
Koudela, Pavel ; Leiter, Augustin (referee) ; Štefaňák, Jan (advisor)
Application of penetration tests at the design of piles foundation is the main subject of this thesis. The main target of this work is calculation of bearing capacity and settlement of single piles. In the thesis are use a new computational relations based on corelation which used relation between penetration values and parameters from laboratory tests. The bearing capacity of the pile is calculation from the derived relations, by the software and laboratory test, too. This types of calculations are executed for comparasion with new computational relations.
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Geothermal energy - influence of the borehole geometry
Leiter, Augustin ; Frankovská,, Jana (referee) ; Hrubešová,, Eva (referee) ; Miča, Lumír (advisor)
Geothermal energy is one of the oldest forms of energy on our planet. Its use by humanity dates back to the beginning of the ages. The forms of this energy gradually changed from the direct heat of the hot springs, through the heating of the buildings and the baths to the later use of superheated steam for industrial use. Nowadays, there is a large share of the use of large number of ground geothermal boreholes with heat exchangers drilled in the matrix. The geometric arrangement of such system has a considerable impact on its operation. Specific examples show that, unlike the design, actual boreholes in such system can often be drilled non vertically or even curved. These imperfections then usually deteriorate the thermal properties of the system. This thesis demonstrates the influence analysis of the borehole geometry distortion on the system thermal properties, it also informs about the development of a special measuring device designed to obtain information about the actual geometric shape of the investigated borehole and about the development of software for in situ rapid borehole system properties evaluation. The theoretical part of thesis contains the derivation of a simplified numerical model of heat conduction in the vicinity of the borehole system. Its results serve to compare the different borehole variants and the inaccuracy of borehole shaping. Using the simulations, the influence of inaccuracies in the borehole system on its thermal properties is demonstrated in several model configurations. This effect does not occur in a single borehole, but it is significantly visible in organized geothermal borehole systems. It may deteriorate system properties, but under certain circumstances its properties may improve. Verification of the results of these simulations was performed by the FEFLOW simulation software. In the practical part the development of a special instrument for measuring the shape of a geothermal energy borehole is documented. ....
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Pile design based on Penetration tests
Koudela, Pavel ; Leiter, Augustin (referee) ; Štefaňák, Jan (advisor)
Application of penetration tests at the design of piles foundation is the main subject of this thesis. The main target of this work is calculation of bearing capacity and settlement of single piles. In the thesis are use a new computational relations based on corelation which used relation between penetration values and parameters from laboratory tests. The bearing capacity of the pile is calculation from the derived relations, by the software and laboratory test, too. This types of calculations are executed for comparasion with new computational relations.
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Pile Foundations - Energy Piles
Hoza, Martin ; Leiter, Augustin (referee) ; Glisníková, Věra (advisor)
At a time when ecology and renewable energy sources come to the fore, the use of geothermal energy appears to be one of the suitable alternatives. The aim of this paper is to explain the function of ground source heat pumps, to mention factors affecting the efficiency of the system and discuss the technology of energy piles realization. This paper also focuses at risks associated with the soil temperature influencing and shows examples of realization.
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