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Improvements in 2016 to Natural Reservoir Analysis in Low-Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin

Aug 18, 2016
128.01 MB
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*These files add to and replace same-named files found within Submission 559 (hover over file display names to see actual file names in bottom-left corner of screen)* The files included in this submission contain all data pertinent to the methods and results of a cohesive multi-st...
Authors
Camp, E. Cornell University
geothermalappalachian basinnew yorkpennsylvaniawest virginiadistrict heatingdeep direct uselow-temperaturereservoirproductivityfavorabilityreservoir productivity indexreservoir flow capacityrpi rfcgpfa-abpfageothermal play fairway analysisexplanationmetadatafile descriptionmethodsreservoirssensitivity analysismonte carloshapefilegisgeospatial datanypawvcounty boundariescsvnortheastern united stateslow temperature

Baseline System Costs for a 50 MW Enhanced Geothermal System 2012

Apr 30, 2012
5.08 MB
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Substantial unexploited opportunity exists for the US, and the world, in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). This cost analysis study provides a baseline cost for a 50 MW Geothermal Power Plant in a challenging New England environment. The study then assesses how project costs wo...
Authors
Selman, N. Gas Equipment Engineering Corporation
egsgeothermalworking fluiddrillingcost analysiswestern massachusettsreservoir modelingmountain home idchina lakecaenhanced geothermal systems

Research Report of Low Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin

Sep 30, 2015
32.65 MB
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This is a final report summarizing a one-year (2014-15) DOE funded Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis of the Low-Temperature resources of the Appalachian Basin of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Collaborators included Cornell University, Southern Methodist University, and...
Authors
Jordan, T. et al Cornell University
geothermalnew yorkpennsylvaniawest virginiadeep direct usedduappalachian basingeothermal play fairway analysispfaplay fairwayanalysismonte carlofinal reportphase 1low temperatureexplorationcharacterization

Technology Development and Field Trials of EGS Drilling Systems at Chocolate Mountain

Jan 01, 2012
23.51 MB
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Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits are routinely used in the oil and gas industry for drilling medium to hard rock but have not been adopted for geothermal drilling, largely due to past reliability issues and higher purchase costs. The Sandia Geothermal Research Departmen...
Authors
Knudsen, S. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalchocolate mountainsdrillingpdc bitroller conegranitechocolate mountains drillingsynthetic diamondrate of penetrationegslateral vibration spectrumcaliforniacasouthern californiasocaldrilling recordsperformance datadrilling chartsbefore and afterpicturesvibration spectrum

Reactive Transport Modeling of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage System at Stockton, NJ

Oct 20, 2021
1.24 GB
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This is the modeling data (input/output files of TOUGHREACT 4.10) used to simulate the reactive transport processes of the Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) operations at Stockton University, NJ. Readme.txt lists all the files. TOUGHREACT 4.10 requires to reproduce the modelin...
Authors
Kumar, R. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyaquiferenergy storagethermal storagethermal energy storagemodelsimulationdatamodeling datatoughreactseasonal heatingseasonal coolingseasonal energy storageseasonal heating and coolinghydrogeochemicalgeochemicalinjectionates

Utah FORGE: Seismic Risk Trafic Light System Version 2

Jan 24, 2025
574.05 kB
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The report outlines the updated Traffic Light System (TLS) for the Utah FORGE project, which aims to mitigate seismic risks associated with Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) operations. It integrates lessons from past operations, including stimulation and circulation experiments a...
Authors
Pankow, K. et al University of Utah Seismograph Stations
geothermalenergyseismicseismic hazardstlstrafic light systemutah forgeseismic hazard mitigationwell stimulationegstraffic light systemseismic risk mitigationstimulationcirculationcape stationseismic thresholdsreal-time monitoringqseekreservoir dynamicsseismic eventsmagnitude thresholdsprotocols

Dynamic Earth Energy Storage: Terawatt-year, Grid-scale Energy Storage Using Planet Earth as a Thermal Battery (GeoTES): Phase I Project Final Report

Sep 02, 2022
18.25 MB
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Final report for the DOE GTO funded research on geologic thermal energy storage (GeoTES), or commonly known as reservoir thermal energy storage (RTES). The results described in this report shed light on various aspects of RTES including project siting, operational performance, m...
Authors
Atkinson, T. et al Idaho National Laboratory
geothermalenergyrtesgeotesstoragethermalmodelingtoughmoosegeochemistrytesthermal energy storageearth energy storagegrid-scalegeologicreservoir

Foam Fracturing Study for Stimulation Development of Enhanced Geothermal Systems

May 17, 2022
10.61 MB
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This is a final technical report for the project: Foam Fracturing Study for Stimulation Development of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). The goal is to demonstrate the feasibility of foam fracturing in EGS applications. The project, led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), wa...
Authors
Wang, H. et al Oak Ridge National Laboratory
foam fracturingfoam stabilitywaterless stimulationenhanced geothermal systemsegsenergygeothermalfoamfracturingsimulationtestsample datablind boreholefatiguestressdatatime data

Utah FORGE 4-2492: Final Report and Presentation on Innovative Stimulation Design and Fiber-Optic Diagnostics to Maximize Energy Recovery Efficiency

Dec 31, 2025
285.14 MB
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This dataset contains the final technical report and closeout presentation for Utah FORGE Project 4-2492, which investigated advanced stimulation design and diagnostic approaches to improve fracture uniformity, inter-well connectivity, and energy recovery efficiency in enhanced ge...
Authors
Sharma, M. The University of Texas at Austin
geothermalenergyutah forgeegsstimulation designfracture uniformitywell connectivityenergy recovery efficiencytechnical reportstimulationcirculation test16a16bdistributed fiber-optic sensingdtsdasdistributed strainnumerical modelingfracture growthfmitracerfracture geometrygeomechanicsgeophysics

Utah FORGE: GPS Data Deformation Monitoring

Jun 24, 2019
349.04 MB
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This data bundle contains raw GPS data files and resulting data using Trimble Business Center and NOAA OPUS to process the GPS data in spreadsheets with station coordinates and elevations. A map of station locations is included along with the final processing report which includes...
Authors
Erickson, B. and McKean, A. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergygps datautah forgedeformation monitoringutah geothermalgpsdeformationhorizontal velocitygeodesystructuralgeologynoaaopustbcutah geological surveygnssforgesystems analysisphase 2cmonitoringtrimblepstmpsdmmilfordroosevelt hot springsutahraw dataprocessingpre-processingreportegsremote sensingstation coordinatesprocessed data

Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis Reports & Appendices

Oct 28, 2015
52.81 MB
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This project focused on defining geothermal play fairways and development of a detailed geothermal potential map of a large transect across the Great Basin region (96,000 km2), with the primary objective of facilitating discovery of commercial-grade, blind geothermal fields (i.e. ...
Authors
Faulds, J. et al Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
geothermalnevadaplay fairwayreportappendicesgreat basinnbmgnvpfacarson sinksteptoe valleygeophysicsgeophysicalgeologygeologiclidargeochemicalgravityseismic reflectionmtmagnetotelluricsgeodeticgeodesyshallow temperaturesoil gasslip and dilation tendancy3d modelingthermal modelingexplorationresource assessmentresource potentialinvestigationsurveypreliminarysite assessmentfavorabilitynv great basin

Geomechanical Modeling for Thermal Spallation Drilling

Aug 24, 2011
382.95 kB
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Wells for Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) typically occur in conditions presenting significant challenges for conventional rotary and percussive drilling technologies: granitic rocks that reduce drilling speeds and cause substantial equipment wear. Thermal spallation drilling,...
Authors
Walsh, S. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalgeomechanical modelingthermal spallation drillingengineered geothermal systemsegsgeodynnumerical modeling

Global Value Chain and Manufacturing Analysis on Geothermal Power Plant Turbines

Mar 30, 2018
4.93 MB
Publicly accessible
In this study, we have undertaken a robust analysis of the global supply chain and manufacturing costs for components of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Turboexpander and steam turbines used in geothermal power plants. We collected a range of market data influencing manufacturing from...
Authors
Akar, S. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergymanufacturingturboexpanderorcsteam turbinevalue chainpower plantclean energy manufacturing analysis center

Basin and Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy: Exploration Data

Jan 03, 2022
266.32 GB
Publicly accessible
This data package includes exploration material from the Basin & Range Investigation for Developing Geothermal Energy [in Hidden Systems] project (BRIDGE), which is part of a broader initiative to advance the exploration of hidden geothermal resources in the Basin & Range Province...
Authors
Schwering, P. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergybasinrangeexplorationpotential fieldsairborne electromagneticsmagnetotellurics2-metertemperatureinversionconceptual modelnevadadixie valleyhawthornegabbs valleywalker lanegeologic mappinglidar analysisgeochemistrygravitylee allengrover pointhiddenblindclay caphidden systemsblind systemsgeophysicsraw dataprocessed data

Applications of Fractured Continuum Model to Enhanced Geothermal System Heat Extraction Problems

May 06, 2014
5.77 MB
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This paper describes the applications of the fractured continuum model to the different enhanced geothermal systems reservoir conditions. The capability of the fractured continuum model to generate fracture characteristics expected in enhanced geothermal systems reservoir environm...
Authors
Kalinina, E. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalsimulationegsheat extractionfracturefractured continuum modelfracture continuumfracture characteristicsreservoir environmenthorizontal wellsvertical wells

Updated Overpressures and Permeability Values for PNNL's StimuFrac Fluid

Apr 06, 2016
471.63 kB
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A corrigendum was submitted to the journal of Geothermics on our article "Environmentally friendly, rheoreversible, hydraulic-fracturing fluids for enhanced geothermal systems" Shao et al Geothermics 58 (2015) 22-31. In the original article some permeability values were underesti...
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Shao, H. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalstimuli-responsivefracking fluidcorrigendumgeothermicshydraulic fracturingstimulationegsreservoirfluid

Generalized Displacement Correlation Method for Estimating Stress Intensity Factors

Jan 01, 2012
1.25 MB
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This paper presents a generalized form of the displacement correlation method (the GDC method), which can use any linear or quadratic finite element type with homogeneous meshing without local refinement. These two features are critical for modeling dynamic fracture propagation pr...
Authors
Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalfracture mechanicsstress intensity factordisplacement correlation methodquarter-point elementfracture propagationfracture interactiongdcgeneralized

Utah FORGE: 3D Gravity Data

Jun 24, 2019
11.24 MB
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These resources describe the 3D geophysical inversion modeling of gravity data at the FORGE site near Milford, Utah. FORGE is the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy and the site in Utah has been selected by the U.S. Dept. of Energy for a 5-year R&D program to t...
Authors
Hardwick, C. and Witter, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forge3d gravity datagravity datautah forge gravity datautah geothermalcomplete bouguerdensity modelgravityterrestrial gravity surveyobserved gravityforgegeophysics3d3d model3d gravitygravity anomalyegsmilfordinversionmodellinginverseroosevelt hot springsbougertop of granitedensitysurveysimple bougerfree airterrain correctiongeologiccorrectioncorrectedutahmodelmodeling

Ionic Fluids for EGS: Fracture Conductivity Tests in Granite Core Samples

Sep 13, 2025
162 MB
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This dataset contains experimental measurements of fluid flow and pressure behavior during fracture conductivity tests in granite core samples. The tests were designed to evaluate various ionic and nonionic fluids, including BMiMBr, HPyBF4, HPyBr, an oil-based fluid (OBF-1), and a...
Authors
Momoh, I. and Lee, H. Oklahoma State University
geothermal fluidsfracture conductivityfractured graniteenhanced geothermal systemsegsionic fluids for egscore floodinggranite core testsinjection pressureflow ratetemperature-dependent behaviorionic-based fluidsgeochemistrylaboratory dataraw data

CO2 Push-Pull Dual (Conjugate) Faults Injection Simulations

Jul 20, 2017
43.64 MB
Publicly accessible
This submission contains datasets and a final manuscript associated with a project simulating carbon dioxide push-pull into a conjugate fault system modeled after Dixie Valley- sensitivity analysis of significant parameters and uncertainty prediction by data-worth analysis. Datas...
Authors
Oldenburg, C. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyco2 injectionfault characterizationseismic imagingtough2itough2egsdixie valleyenhanced geothermal systemsstimulationfaultpush-pullco2geothermal systemsensitivity analysisdata-worth analysischaracterizationfracture

Purdue University: Results of B-Value Tests for Rock Saturation

Jun 20, 2022
2.73 MB
Publicly accessible
This dataset includes an Excel file with the results of B-value tests to determine the magnitude of the back pressure required for full saturation of Sierra White granite samples. Test were conducted on cylindrical rock specimens of Sierra White granite in a custom water pressuriz...
Authors
Han, K. et al Purdue University
geothermalenergyutah forgeb-valuesaturationrock saturationgranitelab testmaterialmaterial siencesierra white granitetesttestingmaterialsrockb valueprocessed data

Ground Source Heat Pump Computational Results

Jul 31, 2013
7.79 MB
Publicly accessible
This data submission includes simulation results for ground loop heat pump systems located in 6 different cities across the United States. The cities are Boston, MA, Dayton, OH, Omaha, NE, Orlando, FL, Sacramento, CA, and St. Paul, MN. These results were obtained from the two-dime...
Authors
Menart, J. Wright State University
geothermalground source heat pump systemcomputational resultsfull temperature fieldssimulationground source heat pump systemstemperature profileshome heating and cooling load informationsacramentocast. paulmn.bostonmaomahaneorlandofldaytonoh

REopt Lite Geothermal Heat Pump Design Requirements

Mar 08, 2021
277.13 kB
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This document describes the design requirements for the geothermal heat pump (GHP) module being added to the existing REopt Lite web tool. This document describes the purpose, users, and functional requirements to which the modified web tool shall conform. This document will be re...
Authors
Olis, D. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergyreoptreopt liteghpgeothermal heat pumpmodelmoduleweb toolweb interfacetooltechno-economiceconomics

Utah FORGE: Development of Multi-Stage Fracturing System and Wellbore Tractor to Enable Zonal Isolation During Stimulation and EGS Operations in Horizontal Wellbores

Oct 05, 2022
4.59 MB
Publicly accessible
This paper discusses the progress on a project funded by the DOE Utah FORGE (Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy) for the development of a subsurface heat exchanger for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) using unique casing sleeves cemented in place and are used ...
Authors
Fleckenstein, W. et al Colorado School of Mines
geothermalenergycompletionsleevestractorheat modelegsutah forgestimulationfracturingwellbore technologieswellbore technologyheat exchangergeothermoptimalfracoptimal

Utah FORGE 9-3706: Designing, Characterizing & Optimizing Proppant and Flow Monitoring Materials for EGS 2026 Workshop Presentation

Sep 30, 2026
95.9 MB
Curated
This is a presentation on Designing, Characterizing & Optimizing Proppant and Flow Monitoring Materials for a Utah FORGE Engineered Geothermal System by Oklahoma State University, presented by Dr. Mileva Radonjic. The project is developing advanced proppant materials, flow-monitor...
Authors
Radonjic, M. Oklahoma State University
geothermalenergyutah forgeegscharacterizationoptimizing proppantoptimizationflow monitoringenhanced fracture conductivityfracture conductivityreservoir characterizationstimulation
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