The potential of shallow groundwater resources for cooling purposes - a Geothermal case study in north east Jordan. Proceedings, 37th S tanford Geothermal Wor kshop . Stanford, California .
Geothermal energy as a sustainable resource has
the
potential to
significantly
contribute to
the
cool
ing
of
buildings in Jordan.
A shallow
aquifersystem
in north
east Jordan was
proven
as a
geothermal resource
for
its potential for cool
ing utilization. The
investigation
involved the development of various numerical
3D
models in order to predict the future performance of
the geothermal reservoir for
different
possible
geothermal installation.
The study
showed
that a geothermal
utilization
of the
studied basaltic reservoir is feasible. It
features
sufficient hydraulic and thermal
properties to be
utilized
for cooling purposes. Furthermore the models
developed for this reservoir
have proven to be robust
and flexible. Therefore
they can be us
ed with
new
thermophysical and hydrogeological data to construct
and analyze
further
near surface
geothermal resource
s
in Jordan.