Wymer Hall Geothermal
Attached are photos from geothermal drilling which will help power the new Wymer hall.
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Attached are photos from geothermal drilling which will help power the new Wymer hall.
The following is an email conversation between Morgan White, Ahmed Hassan, and Johnathan Hasselbring.
On Jul 6, 2023 Morgan sent the following:
Hi Ahmed,
Thanks for sending another email! I meant to get back to you earlier, so thanks for the additional note.
Jon, can you provide information to Ahmed about the current status of the geothermal system at CIF, or connect him with the appropriate people?
Ahmed, please use this info to request the energy data access:
The Energy Billing System (EBS) is a web-based software application that offers utility cost and consumption by month, building, and meter. It allows users to view current and historic information, compare buildings, and see trends over time. It requires Blue-Stem authorization and users must request access from F&S.
Thanks!
Morgan
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Dear Morgan,
Thank you very much for the prompt response. Your contribution is highly appreciated.
Best Regards
Ahmed
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Hi Ahmed,
The geothermal system is in operation and coupled with a heat recovery chiller and radiant heating panels.
Geothermal provides about 75% of the heating and cooling needs for the building, with the heat recovery chiller and radiant panels supplementing the remaining 25%.
Please let me know what questions you might have, and I will gladly connect you with more members of the team.
Thanks,
Jon
UIUC's Yu-Feng Lin was featured on a "wired" article. Andrew Stumpf explains, "The authors did a simulation for a residential district in Chicago. They don’t provide much detail about the geology and hydrogeology that is the basis for the geotechnical model. In Chicago, aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) has yet to be used because groundwater is pretty scarce in the shallow subsurface and one would need to tap aquifers deeper in the bedrock. In the northern and western suburbs, the subsurface conditions in the glacial deposits is much better and I believe Kane County is looking into using the aquifers for a geothermal resource."
The article can be found at: https://www.wired.com/story/the-massive-batteries-hidden-beneath-your-fe...
UIUC newsletter: https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/32/64507332.html
The referenced article is attached.
There are a few examples of clean thermal energy in use on campus at this time. These include:
We could expand these types of energy systems...
Another option for clean thermal energy is biogas, which UIUC contributes to locally through the Grind2Energy system, which takes food waste from the dining halls to the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD). UCSD puts it through their anaerobic digester which captures the methane (a very strong greenhouse gas). Currently, that captured methane is used to run an electrical generator, which provides power to the UCSD facility. An alternative would be to upgrade the methane to pipeline quality and use the biogas a Abbott Power Plant on campus. This is an expensive option that would require a lot of coordination and funding.
Another strong option is a micronuclear reactor, which is being studies by the Grainger College of Engineering faculty and researchers. This system could be integrated with the existing steam distribution system and provide ghg-free energy to campus.
From: Stumpf, Andrew J
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2023 7:37 PM
To: Rubin, Joshua ; Mies, Tim ; Lamb, Jeremy ; Klein, Bradley Dean
Cc: Lin, Yu-Feng ; Weckle, Amy Lorraine; White, Morgan
Subject: UTB at the Energy Farm
Hi folks,
Here is an update. Dom and Todd worked to get half of the hole grouted today and now wait until tomorrow morning to see if the battery floats, or not. Theoretically it should not, but we will see. They will start up again at 8 am if anyone is over that way. Xiaobing and Tony have gone back to Tennessee.
Best,
Andy
I was contact by some colleagues withy Future Earth – Taipei (https://futureearth.org/about/who-we-are/international-offices/taipei-global-hub/) for a potential webinar series. I suggested them to think about campus sustainability actions as a living laboratory and they are very intrigued by this idea. They asked me to suggest speakers and I am thinking about Jack, Morgan and Andy. So, I would like to ask if you are interested. Some of their previous talk can be found at https://www.facebook.com/futureearth.org/. All the communications and activities will be between 6pm-11pm CST due to time difference. I am happy to have more discussion if you are interested.
Presenters:
Ms. Morgan White, https://fs.illinois.edu/resources/newsroom/2021/10/14/white-named-acting-director-of-the-f-s-capital-programs-division
Mr. Jack Reicherts, https://studentengagement.illinois.edu/student-sustainability/ssc/team/reicherts/
Dr. Andrew Stumpf, https://directory.illinois.edu/detail?userId=astumpf@illinois.edu&widgetId=15
Dr. Ping-Yu Change, https://scholars.ncu.edu.tw/en/persons/ping-yu-chang
Dr. Jui-Pin (Rubin) Tsai, https://www.bse.ntu.edu.tw/member?teacher_id=48&page=1
Dr. Yu-Feng Forrrest Lin, https://directory.illinois.edu/detail?userId=yflin@illinois.edu&widgetId=15
Cheers,
Yu-Feng F. Lin
Director
Illinois Water Resources Center
Principal Research Hydrogeologist
Illinois State Geological Survey
Clinical Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Professor
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I was contact by some colleagues withy Future Earth – Taipei (https://futureearth.org/about/who-we-are/international-offices/taipei-global-hub/) for a potential webinar series. I suggested them to think about campus sustainability actions as a living laboratory and they are very intrigued by this idea. They asked me to suggest speakers and I am thinking about Jack, Morgan and Andy. So, I would like to ask if you are interested. Some of their previous talk can be found at https://www.facebook.com/futureearth.org/. All the communications and activities will be between 6pm-11pm CST due to time difference. I am happy to have more discussion if you are interested.
Presenters:
Ms. Morgan White, https://fs.illinois.edu/resources/newsroom/2021/10/14/white-named-acting-director-of-the-f-s-capital-programs-division
Mr. Jack Reicherts, https://studentengagement.illinois.edu/student-sustainability/ssc/team/reicherts/
Dr. Andrew Stumpf, https://directory.illinois.edu/detail?userId=astumpf@illinois.edu&widgetId=15
Dr. Ping-Yu Change, https://scholars.ncu.edu.tw/en/persons/ping-yu-chang
Dr. Jui-Pin (Rubin) Tsai, https://www.bse.ntu.edu.tw/member?teacher_id=48&page=1
Dr. Yu-Feng Forrrest Lin, https://directory.illinois.edu/detail?userId=yflin@illinois.edu&widgetId=15
Cheers,
Yu-Feng F. Lin
Director
Illinois Water Resources Center
Principal Research Hydrogeologist
Illinois State Geological Survey
Clinical Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Professor
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Below is a message from Andrew Stumpf regarding the installation of the underground thermal battery at the UIUC Energy Farm:
Dear colleagues,
It is with great excitement that I can announce the project to install Underground Thermal Battery (UTB) system developed by Dr. Xiaobing Liu’s team at Oakridge National Laboratory at UIUC Energy Farm will begin next week. This will be a several weeks project that includes installing the UTB, associated geothermal boreholes, geothermal heat pump, HVAC upgrades and control center. On Monday the UTB will be placed in the ground. Skinner Drilling will be installing the UTB with assistance from Durbin Geothermal. All the other work will follow over the coming weeks. I expect drilling will start between 8:00 and 8:30 and take about 1 hour, and then the battery will be lowered into the ground and be done before noon.
You're most welcome to visit.
Best,
Andy
Attached is a newsletter from the Illinois Geothermal Coalition regarding the review of geothermal energy in the Midwest.
The link to the article can be found here:
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/626315322
A pdf of the article can be accessed below.
Attached is a link leading to a Geothermal Urbana-Champaign email regarding bulk pricing:
https://mailchi.mp/urbanaillinois.us/geopowerhour8-7997567?e=acd6a2962b
Below is an email from Andrew Stumpf regarding the CIF's Geothermal Exhange Borefield.
From: Stumpf, Andrew J <astumpf at illinois.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: CEE190 Instructor meeting
Hi Eric,
Yes. The report is available on IDEALS https://hdl.handle.net/2142/111796, so publicly available. Correct, John has been doing further study on the CIF building. He has been working with me on the research… his PhD exam is next Monday, so pretty busy. I’ve only had a brief tour of the mechanicals when it was first built, so I can’t really comment about the system inside. Dr. Tugce Baser in CEE tbaser at illinois.edu I believe received a more detailed tour, so you might want to reach out to her. Here is some information about the mechanicals published for an ASHRAE award the building received.
Best,
Andy
Below is the link to an email from Geothermal Urbana-Champaign:
https://mailchi.mp/urbanaillinois.us/geopowerhour8-7284589?e=acd6a2962b
Geothermal Urbana-Champaign Project updates:
The marketing resources document of the project is attached.
Attached is the link to Geothermal Urbana-Champaign email.
https://mailchi.mp/urbanaillinois.us/updates-to-keep-you-earth-friendly-...
The following message was sent to individuals who attended the "Geothermal Illinois: Community - & District-Level Systems" presentation led by Brian Urlaub, Associate Vice President & Director of Geothermal Operations, Salas O'Brien:
Dear Participants,
Many thanks for attending Geothermal Illinois: Community- & district-level systems, presented by Brian Urlaub, Associate Vice President & Director of Geothermal Operations, SALAS O’BRIEN. Many thanks to the University of Illinois Extension Natural Resource, Energy, and Environment educator Jay Solomon, University of Illinois Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Dr. Tugce Baser, and Illinois Geological Survey’s Andrew Stumpf for presenting additional information on efforts, research, technology, and funding opportunities. We also recognize our network of partnering organizations, whose titles with websites are listed below, along with a link to today’s webinar recording, slide decks, and resource links.
Recording: https://youtu.be/A5x-RVKuIqQ
Slide Decks: https://uofi.box.com/s/rexji3kosgc4poifqxh21a1x9d2ftjqb
Resource Links:
Funding opportunities:
https://oced-exchange.energy.gov/FileContent.aspx?FileID=ee3f71ec-49e4-40d3-9d27-04d10be90be5
Partner organizations:
Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition (MBDC)
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)
Illinois Water Resources Center
Geothermal Alliance of Illinois
International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA)
The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEOEXCHANGE)
Many thanks for your interest in today’s topic. Our presenters and experts are copied on this email, and you are welcome to reach out to any of us for further conversation and support as you work towards energy independence, resiliency, and sustainability!
Best wishes,
NANCY OUEDRAOGO
EXT CED STATE SPEC
Attached is a banner fund request associated with UIF Fund 337632.
The following text is from the February iSEE Newsletter, which is attached below.
Geothermal Urbana-Champaign 2.0 Starts Feb. 23. Geothermal Urbana-Champaign is a public education and group buy program that makes getting geothermal heating and cooling easier and more affordable for Champaign, Piatt, and Vermilion County home and business owners. Register for a spring Zoom session to learn more! Spring dates include Feb. 23, March 29, April 12 (co-hosted by iSEE and F&S), May 2, and May 23 (times vary). Details>>>
SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for Geothermal Exchange for greenhouses at UIUC Energy Farm on 01/29/22. Please see attached.
SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for Geothermal Exchange for greenhouses at UIUC Energy Farm on 01/29/22. Please see attached.