The final design and economics of the Torbett-Hutchings-Smith (THS) Memorial Hospital geothermal heating system at … Marlin, Texas are outlined. A brief description of the existing heating system, an overview of the geothermal retrofit, and … the results of an economic analysis are included. It is estimated that the geothermal heating system will displace …

at the state-year-season level. It exploits the fact that coal consumption for heating was highest in the winter and uses … in the use of bituminous coal for heating between 1945 and 1960 decreased winter all-age mortality by 1.25 percent and …