Title :
Scope of geothermal potential of Bangladesh: A review
Author :
Kamruzzaman Khan;Muktadir Ahmed;Md. Salahuddin Parvez;Md. Mozammel Hossain
Author_Institution :
Dept. of EECS, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Abstract :
Bangladesh is facing a lot of drawbacks to acquire sustainable development owing to lack of electricity. Now a days the demand of power is increasing day by day in Bangladesh. Now Bangladesh needs a reliable green energy source to meet the demand. To improve the power crisis in our country geothermal energy can be a vital & useful alternative. Bangladesh is one of the largest deltas and having a large sedimentary basin. It has many abandoned gas wells (temperature: more than 100°C in the depth of 3 km to 4 km). The main theme of this paper is to discuss about geothermal energy and its prospects in Bangladesh.
Keywords :
"Geothermal energy","Earth","Power generation","Production","Water heating","Water resources","Renewable energy sources"
Conference_Titel :
Green Energy and Technology (ICGET), 2015 3rd International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5090-0168-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICGET.2015.7315087
