Anirbid Sircar

This book explores and highlights the geothermal fields of India. Until recently geothermal energy has little significance in India, therefore this book will help to provide an understanding of the potentials of Indian geothermal fields. This book will offer guidance on how to estimate the significance and resource potential of this geothermal region. The book aims to unfold the four tectonically divided geothermal regions of India namely, NW-SE Himalayan arc system with continuation to Andaman Nicobar Island, Son-Narmada-Tapti Lineament, West Coast Continental Margin and Gondwana Grabens along with Delhi Folding’s. The techniques for several direct to indirect applications of geothermal energy are described; such as power generation, desalination, honey processing, milk pasteurization, space heating and cooling, etc. This book covers the uses of geothermal water for industrial, domestic, and agricultural use. These applications increase the rate of employment in the rural and remote locations, in turn providing further societal benefits. The book also discusses the several base metal and rare earth element extractions using geothermal water, for example; lithium, zinc, manganese, and helium. This is an open access book.

This book focuses on the usage of geothermal energy in countries with low-enthalpy reservoirs. It begins with the fundamentals of geothermal energy and classification of geothermal resources and their importance, including enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Further, it discusses the creation, production, potential assessment, perspective analysis, life cycle, and environmental assessments of EGS. It describes applications in the field of geothermal energy with relevant case studies and introduces the application of machine learning techniques in the field of geothermal sectors. Features: Focuses on the development of low- to moderate-enthalpy geothermal resources Introduces machine learning tools and artificial intelligence as applied to geothermal energy Provides an understanding of geothermal energy resources and EGS Discusses the possibility of EGS using spallation and laser drilling Includes stimulation methods (thermal, hydraulic, chemical, and explosive) and case studiesThis book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in geology, clean energy, geothermal energy, and thermal engineering.

This book explores and highlights the geothermal fields of India. Until recently geothermal energy has little significance in India, therefore this book will help to provide an understanding of the potentials of Indian geothermal fields. This book will offer guidance on how to estimate the significance and resource potential of this geothermal region. The book aims to unfold the four tectonically divided geothermal regions of India namely, NW-SE Himalayan arc system with continuation to Andaman Nicobar Island, Son-Narmada-Tapti Lineament, West Coast Continental Margin and Gondwana Grabens along with Delhi Folding’s. The techniques for several direct to indirect applications of geothermal energy are described; such as power generation, desalination, honey processing, milk pasteurization, space heating and cooling, etc. This book covers the uses of geothermal water for industrial, domestic, and agricultural use. These applications increase the rate of employment in the rural and remote locations, in turn providing further societal benefits. The book also discusses the several base metal and rare earth element extractions using geothermal water, for example; lithium, zinc, manganese, and helium. This is an open access book.

Renewable energy is in transition stage in India. India believes in transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy. The energy sectors in which the researchers are working relates to Solar energy, Wind energy, Biomass, Pumped Hydro, Geothermal energy and Hybridized Energy. This book is a collection of research work carried out by the authors in the recent past with focus on geothermal energy. The authors has published several papers which are related to renewable energy sector over the years which are indexed in Scopus web portal. The authors experimented on renewable energy and has generated electricity for the first time in India using geothermal energy. The authors demonstrated space heating and cooling, Milk pasteurization, Green house, Honey processing and many other direct applications using geothermal energy. In the wind sector, the authors experimented on the turbines used in harvesting wind energy and converting the same into electrical energy. Authors demonstrated 10 KW wind turbine in Gujarat continuously running and generating electricity. They also ventured in hybridization of Solar energy with geothermal energy and the hybridized energy was feeded to an ORC for generation of electricity. At present authors are also working on Biomass conversion to Biofuel and conducting experiments on pumped hydro. Demonstration on renewable energy using the power of AI and ML is the need of the hour. Authors are writing algorithms for resource estimation of identified renewable energy prospects and categorizing the same according to PRMS nomenclature. Gravity, Magnetic, MT, Seismic methods were used to decipher the sub-surface prospects and allocate resource for the same

This book focuses on the usage of geothermal energy in countries with low-enthalpy reservoirs. It begins with the fundamentals of geothermal energy and classification of geothermal resources and their importance, including enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Further, it discusses the creation, production, potential assessment, perspective analysis, life cycle, and environmental assessments of EGS. It describes applications in the field of geothermal energy with relevant case studies and introduces the application of machine learning techniques in the field of geothermal sectors. Features: Focuses on the development of low- to moderate-enthalpy geothermal resources Introduces machine learning tools and artificial intelligence as applied to geothermal energy Provides an understanding of geothermal energy resources and EGS Discusses the possibility of EGS using spallation and laser drilling Includes stimulation methods (thermal, hydraulic, chemical, and explosive) and case studiesThis book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in geology, clean energy, geothermal energy, and thermal engineering.