考虑了几种估算地热区域供暖系统经济潜力的计算机程序。首先回顾几个项目的意图。然后，针对几个特定的测试评估案例，给出并比较了每个模型的计算机程序结果。这些比较表明，这些模型显示了相同的总体趋势，但总体而言，在结果的绝对值方面，它们并不完全一致，因此无法让潜在的模型用户对这些结果的正确性产生信心。最后，将几种模型中使用的管道成本与咨询工程师和一般文献值得出的其他管道成本进行比较。 引文:研讨会论文，佐治亚州亚特兰大，1984年

Several computer programs for estimating the economic potential of geothermal district heating systems are considered. The intent of the several programs is first reviewed. Then, computer program results from each of the models for several specified test evaluation cases are presented and compared. These comparisons reveal that the models indicate the same general trends but in general do not agree closely enough in absolute value of results to instill a feeling of confidence in the correctness of such results by potential users of the models. Finally, comparisons of piping costs used in several of the models are compared to other pipe costs derived from consulting engineers and general literature values.