17F SSC Semesterly Report - High Resolution Temperature Profiling & Thermal Analysis
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Fall 2017 Semesterly Report Submitted to the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)
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Projects Updates for Geothermal on Campus
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EGEN SWATeam Meeting (4.13.17)
Associated Project(s):The EGEN SWATeam held another bi-weekly meeting. Topics covered include:
- Ximing Cai's [in attendance] vision for iSEE and SWATeams
- Developing a recommendation to expand UIUC solar farm.
- Developing a recommendation for another clean energy PPA
- Cost savings for geothermal systems and opportunities for implementation at solar farm and new building sites
Attached Files:EGEN SWATeam Meeting (3.30.17)
Associated Project(s):The EGEN SWATeam held another bi-weekly meeting. Topics covered include:
- Performing preliminary assessment for clean energy PPA
- Fact sheet using solar farm as basis to estimate land needs and costs of additional solar farm to meet iCAP goal
- Update on biomass boiler at energy farm
- Identifying opportunities to purseu implementation of ground source heat pump (GSHP) technology on campus.
Attached Files:EGEN SWATeam Meeting (3.10.17)
Associated Project(s):The EGEN SWATeam held another bi-weekly meeting. Topics covered include:
- Associate Director for Campus Sustainability Ximing Cai and his vision for iSEE
- Biomass boiler at Energy Farm
- Opportunities for Geothermal on campus
Attached Files:EGEN SWATeam Meeting (11.9.16)
Associated Project(s):The EGEN SWATeam held their fourth meeting for the Fall 2016 semester. Topics covered include:
- Guest presentation by Yu-Feng Forrest Lin to discuss his work on investigating campus geothermal properties
- View draft recommendation for Petascale offsets
- Review draft recommendation for on-campus solar
Attached Files:Geothermal Profile Project
Associated Project(s):Beginning Fall 2016, a team at the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS, a division of the prairie Research Institute) led by Illinois Professor Yu-Feng Forrest Lin is conducting a series of detailed observations of the geothermal profile on campus - including high-resolution temperature profiling and thermal analysis. The team will drill to 330 ft and install a geothermal loop and fiberoptic cables. Results will help determine the feasibility of implementing geothermal systems on campus by identifying costs and possible challenges.
Professor Lin has coordinated with faculty from the University of Wisconsin to incorporate lessons learned from their implementation of a geothermal exchange system at the nearby EPIC health care systems campus in Verona, WI.
Professor Lin's team began drilling on 9/19/16. Daily drilling progress is logged and can be found by clicking this link.
Attached Files:Geothermal Profiling Funding Agreement
Associated Project(s):Given the University of Illinois’ existing reliance on coal-fired steam heating for many buildings, significant changes to campus infrastructure will be required in order to move to being truly carbon neutral. One possible option is geothermal heating, but there is somewhat of a lack of information about the feasibility of geothermal systems on campus.
This project will conduct a series of high-detail observations of the geothermal profile of campus and analyze the data. The results of the study will help identify the costs and possible challenges associated with adding a significant amount of geothermal heating systems to campus.
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