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- ISBN 10: 1317562577
- ISBN 13: 9781317562573
- Author: Jochen Bundschuh
Availability of and adequate accessibility to freshwater and energy are two key technological and scientific problems of global significance. At the end of the 20th century, the deficit of water for human consumption and economic application forced us to focus on rational use of resources. Increasing the use of renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency is a challenge for the 21st century. Geothermal energy is heat energy generated and stored in the Earth, accumulated in hydrothermal systems or in dry rocks within the Earth’s crust, in amounts which constitute the energy resources. The sustainable management of geothermal energy resources should be geared towards optimization of energy recovery, but also towards rational management of water resources since geothermal water serves both as energy carrier and also as valuable raw material. Geothermal waters, depending on their hydrogeothermal characteristics, the lithology of the rocks involved, the depth at which the resources occur and the sources of water supply, may be characterized by very diverse physicochemical parameters. This factor largely determines the technology to be used in their exploitation and the way the geothermal water can be used. This book is focused on the effective use of geothermal water and renewable energy for future needs in order to promote modern, sustainable and effective management of water resources. The research field includes crucial new areas of study: • an improvement in the management of freshwater resources through the use of residual geothermal water; • a review of the technologies available in the field of geothermal water treatment for its (re)use for energetic purposes and freshwater production, and • the development of balneotherapy. The book is aimed at professionals, academics and decision makers worldwide, water sector representatives and administrators, business enterprises specializing in renewable energy management and water treatment, working in the areas of geothermal energy usage, water resources, water supply and energy planning. This book has the potential to become a standard text used by educational institutions and research & development establishments involved in the geothermal water management.
Table contents:
Section I: Resources, geochemical properties and environmental implications of geothermal water
1. A global assessment of geothermal resources
2. Reinjection of cooled water back into a reservoir
3. Geothermal and hydrogeological conditions, geochemical properties and uses of geothermal waters of the Slovakia
4. Resources, geochemical features and environmental implications of the geothermal waters in the continental rift zone of the BüYüK Menderes, Western Anatolia, Turkey
Section II: Treatment of geothermal water for reuse
5. Analytical procedures for ion quantification supporting water treatment processes
6. Treatment of geothermal waters for industrial and agricultural purposes
7. Removal of boron and arsenic from geothermal water by ion-exchange
8. Membrane techniques in the treatment of geothermal water for fresh and potable water production
9. Review of direct discharge and recovery of reverse osmosis concentrates
10. Geothermal water treatment in Poland
Section III: The uses of geothermal water in agriculture
11. Coupling geothermal direct heat with agriculture
Section IV: The uses of geothermal water in balneotherapy
12. Short history of thermal healing bathing
13. Balneological use of geothermal springs in selected regions of the world
14. The importance of an integrated analytic approach to the study of physicochemical characteristics of natural thermal waters used for pelotherapy aims: perspectives for reusing cooled thermal waters for treatments related to thermalism applications
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