Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus

Publicly accessible License 

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) spreadsheet tool was developed to analyze potential environmental benefits of a deep direct-use (DDU) geothermal energy system (GES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of IL) campus. The LCA spreadsheet tool is a unique contribution to the feasibility study that provides further insight into the cradle-to-grave environmental impacts associated with the GES over the operating life time, as well as other DDU GES with similar objectives. The tool allows for a more in-depth analysis of the feasibility of DDU GES with respect to the overall environmental impacts. For the U of IL assessment, a doublet (two-well) system is evaluated, which is connected to aboveground mechanical system to supply heating to six agricultural research facilities. The additional of new equipment are assessed for the technical and economic feasibility. The results from this study will also allow geothermal resources from the entirety of the Illinois Basin (ILB) to be assessed and allow the DDU technology to be extended to additional areas of the ILB and other low-temperature sedimentary basins with similar characteristics.

Citation Formats

TY - DATA AB - A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) spreadsheet tool was developed to analyze potential environmental benefits of a deep direct-use (DDU) geothermal energy system (GES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of IL) campus. The LCA spreadsheet tool is a unique contribution to the feasibility study that provides further insight into the cradle-to-grave environmental impacts associated with the GES over the operating life time, as well as other DDU GES with similar objectives. The tool allows for a more in-depth analysis of the feasibility of DDU GES with respect to the overall environmental impacts. For the U of IL assessment, a doublet (two-well) system is evaluated, which is connected to aboveground mechanical system to supply heating to six agricultural research facilities. The additional of new equipment are assessed for the technical and economic feasibility. The results from this study will also allow geothermal resources from the entirety of the Illinois Basin (ILB) to be assessed and allow the DDU technology to be extended to additional areas of the ILB and other low-temperature sedimentary basins with similar characteristics. AU - Tinjum, James A2 - Thomas, Lauren A3 - Holcomb, Franklin DB - Geothermal Data Repository DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - 10.15121/1601452 KW - geothermal KW - energy KW - deep direct-use KW - ddu KW - Illinois Basin KW - sedimentary basin KW - low-temperature KW - agrcicultural research facilities KW - life cycle assessment KW - lca KW - spreadsheet tool KW - cradle-to-grave environmental impacts KW - feasibility KW - life cycle KW - assessment KW - environment KW - environmental KW - impact KW - benefit KW - tool KW - University of Illinois KW - Champagne Urbana LA - English DA - 2020/01/31 PY - 2020 PB - University of Illinois T1 - Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1601452 ER -
Export Citation to RIS
Tinjum, James, et al. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus. University of Illinois, 31 January, 2020, Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1601452.
Tinjum, J., Thomas, L., & Holcomb, F. (2020). Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. University of Illinois. https://doi.org/10.15121/1601452
Tinjum, James, Lauren Thomas, and Franklin Holcomb. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus. University of Illinois, January, 31, 2020. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1601452
@misc{GDR_Dataset_1204, title = {Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus}, author = {Tinjum, James and Thomas, Lauren and Holcomb, Franklin}, abstractNote = {A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) spreadsheet tool was developed to analyze potential environmental benefits of a deep direct-use (DDU) geothermal energy system (GES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of IL) campus. The LCA spreadsheet tool is a unique contribution to the feasibility study that provides further insight into the cradle-to-grave environmental impacts associated with the GES over the operating life time, as well as other DDU GES with similar objectives. The tool allows for a more in-depth analysis of the feasibility of DDU GES with respect to the overall environmental impacts. For the U of IL assessment, a doublet (two-well) system is evaluated, which is connected to aboveground mechanical system to supply heating to six agricultural research facilities. The additional of new equipment are assessed for the technical and economic feasibility. The results from this study will also allow geothermal resources from the entirety of the Illinois Basin (ILB) to be assessed and allow the DDU technology to be extended to additional areas of the ILB and other low-temperature sedimentary basins with similar characteristics.}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1204}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, University of Illinois, https://doi.org/10.15121/1601452}, note = {Accessed: 2025-05-07}, doi = {10.15121/1601452} }
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1601452

Details

Data from Jan 31, 2020

Last updated Feb 25, 2020

Submitted Feb 19, 2020

Organization

University of Illinois

Contact

Yu-Feng Lin

217.333.0235

Authors

James Tinjum

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Lauren Thomas

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Franklin Holcomb

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ERDC-CERL

DOE Project Details

Project Name Geothermal Heat Recovery Complex: Large-Scale, Deep Direct-Use System in a Low-Temperature Sedimentary Basin

Project Lead Arlene Anderson

Project Number EE0008106

Share

Submission Downloads