Predicting interactions between three neighbor open-loop Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems in two overlaying aquifers in Brussels (Belgium)

peer reviewed ; Shallow open-loop Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems have been adopted by three large adjacent buildings in the centre of Brussels. The doublets of pumping and reinjection wells of two administrative buildings are located in a shallow aquifer made of Cenozoic mixed sandy and silty sublayers and operations started in 2014 and 2017. A third ATES system located in the underlying deep aquifer made of Palaeozoic fractured phyllites and quartzites, was started recently (2020) to provide the needed heating and cooling power to a large multi-service building. Groundwater lev... Mehr ...