Students on the "Geothermal utilisation of the subsurface" module at the Faculty of Engineering were able to experience the drilling and installation of heating probes up close in Schkeuditz.
On 25 September 2024, an excursion to the Weishaupt Group's new branch in Schkeuditz gave visitors the opportunity to experience the drilling and installation of heating probes up close. These will ensure a sustainable heat supply for the building at the site from the second half of 2025. In addition to the approx. 90 m deep boreholes, it was also possible to analyse the sampling of the rock and a drilling profile already created from previous boreholes on site.
The Weishaupt Group is an associated partner in the BMWK-funded joint project EASyQuart-Plus, which is headed by Prof. Anke Bucher and researches the energy-efficient design of urban districts supplied with geothermal energy. The new branch in Schkeuditz will be used as a demonstration site as part of the research project, where the interaction of measurement data and simulation will be analysed with the help of a digital twin during the course of the project.
The excursion offered students on the "Geothermal utilisation of the subsurface" module in particular a valuable opportunity to supplement their theoretical knowledge from the module with practical insights into geothermal energy and to see directly on site how sustainable energy solutions are implemented. The "Geothermal use of the subsurface" module is offered every summer semester in the Master's degree programmes in Energy, Building and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
We would like to thank the Weishaupt Group and BauGrund Süd in particular for the opportunity to go on this excursion.
