A Device to Register Temperature in Boreholes in Northwest Spain for Geothermal Research

Sensors (Basel). 2022 Jun 30;22(13):4945. doi: 10.3390/s22134945.

Abstract

This paper presents a device used to measure and register temperature for long-term subsoil measurements in boreholes. The borehole of this study is located in Gijón (Asturias, Spain). The measurements were made through two fixed sets of sensors coupled to the geothermal pipe, constituting two independent installations: (a) a commercial device called "Hobo", which uses TMCx-HD-specific sensors based on resistors with variable resistance; and (b) a device built by this research group, which uses DS12B20 Maxim sensors, a bus 1-wire, and a recording device based on a conventional Arduino board. Temperature was registered every 5 min across several years. These measurements were used to thermally characterize the subsoil, determining the apparent thermal diffusivity, and to study the thermo-hydrogeology of the Lower Jurassic Gijón's formation made of Liassic limestones and dolomites. This work is part of the Q-Thermie group's research called "Shallow Thermal Energy".

Keywords: borehole; device; error; geothermal; measurement; sensor; temperature.

MeSH terms

  • Hot Temperature*
  • Spain
  • Temperature

Grants and funding

This research was funded by Cátedra Hunosa.