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Comprehensive study including testing, monitoring and thermo-hydro modelling for design and implementation of a geothermal system in Torino (Italy)

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This paper describes a comprehensive study carried out in Torino (Italy) with reference to the 166 m high “Torre Intesa Sanpaolo-Intesa Sanpaolo Tower”, a “bioclimatic building”, naturally ventilated and cooled, where energy consumption is optimized with a geothermal system. In brief, water is pumped from the aquifer at 14 °C through a system of wells. After being used along the year for air conditioning of the building, the same water is returned back to the aquifer at 20–21 °C approximately. The study comprises: (a) large-scale water pumping tests; (b) large-scale water flow and heat transport tests with real-time monitoring of temperature and water level near a geothermal well; (c) thermo-hydraulic modelling of the above tests; (d) predictive modelling of the geothermal system behaviour versus time. The most attention is devoted to the monitoring data available through the tests and to the three-dimensional modelling of fluid flow and heat transport processes.

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Acknowledgements

The work described in this keynote lecture has been carried out within a Research Contract between Provincia di Torino and Politecnico di Torino, under direction and responsibility of the author. The support of the Provincia di Torino and of Intesa Sanpaolo, Torino are acknowledged. The friendly help of Eng. Vincenzo Turini of Intesa Sanpaolo, Torino during the project is underlined. In addition, also to be thanked are the many people involved in field work and monitoring. In particular, the author would like to express his friendly gratitude to all the people of Politecnico di Torino (research assistants and research fellows) who worked with the author on the project: Dr. Marco Barla, Dr. Mariacristina Bonini, Dr. Daniele Debernardi, Dr. Andrea Perino, Dr. Francesco Antolini, and Eng. Matteo Gilardi.

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Barla, G. Comprehensive study including testing, monitoring and thermo-hydro modelling for design and implementation of a geothermal system in Torino (Italy). Geomech. Geophys. Geo-energ. Geo-resour. 3, 175–188 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-017-0050-x

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