Subject Code: ES5L413 Subject Name: Geothermal Energy L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Generation of heat in the earth, Heat transfer - conduction, convection, radiation, heat flow measurements, Availability of Geothermal Energy - size and distribution, structural influence on the heat flow distribution, role of groundwater circulation and changes in the state of groundwater. Geothermal Resource Assessment, Recovery of Geothermal Energy, Various Types of Systems to use Geothermal Energy, Hydrothermal solutions, Chemical nature of hydrothermal systems,  Geothermameters: Chemical and Isotopic, Rock alteration related to water geochemistry. Utilization of geothermal energy. Economics and management of geothermal energy, Case Studies of Indian and Global Geothermal Systems.

 Text/ Reference Books:
  1. Ernst Huenges , Patrick Ledru, Geothermal Energy Systems: Exploration, Development, and Utilization, Wiley-VCH.
  2. William E. Glassley, Geothermal Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment : CRC Press.
  3. D. Chandrasekharam, Jochen Bundschuh, Low-Enthalpy Geothermal Resources for Power Generation, Taylor & Francis.