Ground source heat pumps: Recent progress, applications, challenges, barriers, and role in achieving sustainable development goals based on bibliometric analysis

AG Olabi, M Mahmoud, K Obaideen, ET Sayed… - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) have shown great potential to replace conventional
heating and cooling systems in many regions. They also have a significant contribution to …

The geothermal potential of cities

P Bayer, G Attard, P Blum, K Menberg - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
What is the heat beneath our feet? There is a growing interest in the geothermal resources
available at shallow depth beneath cities. However, there exists no general procedure for …

Characterization of heavy metal pollution in an anthropogenically and geologically influenced semi-arid region of east India and assessment of ecological and human …

I Mukherjee, UK Singh, RP Singh, D Kumari… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study evaluated the heavy metal contamination in groundwater and associated
ecological and human health risks of a geologically and anthropogenically diverse semi-arid …

A review of the legal framework in shallow geothermal energy in selected European countries: Need for guidelines

KP Tsagarakis, L Efthymiou, A Michopoulos… - Renewable energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past years, the installations of Shallow Geothermal Energy (SGE) systems are
increasing throughout Europe, and it is indicating that a specific and detailed legal …

Recent trends in the analysis of trace elements in the field of environmental research: A review

M Hossain, D Karmakar, SN Begum, SY Ali… - Microchemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Monitoring of trace elements concentration in various types of sample matrices is an
important research theme in the field of pollution and health hazards. Various research …

Governance of shallow geothermal energy resources

A García-Gil, G Goetzl, MR Kłonowski, S Borovic… - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Successful electrification of cities' heating and cooling demands depends on the sustainable
implementation of highly efficient ground source heat pumps (GSHP). During the last …

Quantitative assessment of the environmental risks of geothermal energy: A review

S Chen, Q Zhang, P Andrews-Speed… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over recent decades, the use of geothermal energy for heating supply and power
generation has increased significantly across the world, owing to its low carbon emissions …

Is thermal use of groundwater a pollution?

P Blum, K Menberg, F Koch, SA Benz, C Tissen… - Journal of Contaminant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal use of the shallow subsurface and its aquifers (< 400 m) is steadily increasing.
Currently, more than 2800 aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) systems are operating …

The evolution of the geothermal potential of a subsurface urban heat island

H Hemmerle, G Ferguson, P Blum… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Meeting the rising energy demands of cities is a global challenge. Exploitation of the
additional heat in the subsurface associated with the subsurface urban heat island (SUHI) …

Spatial and multivariate statistical analyses of human health risk associated with the consumption of heavy metals in groundwater of Monterrey Metropolitan Area …

E Ramos, RK Bux, DI Medina, H Barrios-Piña… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Groundwater is the main source of drinking water supply in most urban environments
around the world. The content of potentially toxic elements is increasing in many …