The Study of Non-Electric Useof Low and Intermediate Temperature Geothermal Resources in China

Abstract

This paper reports that there are more than 120 high temperature geothennal fields with temperatures greater than in China and many low and intermediate temperature geothermal areas are spread throughout country. The use of these resources has been developed in more than 700 areas with in 17 provinces currently. The total used power has reached It has demonstrated that the development of utilization is successful in space heating, industry and agricultural uses. Nevertheless, there are some problems which have not yet been thoroughly solved. All of these are mentioned in this paper. Furthermore, the assessment of the resources and current research are discussed.