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Community Geothermal: Borefield Design, Thermal Conductivity, and Subsurface Modeling Data Chicago, IL

Dec 04, 2023
117.3 MB
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This dataset encompasses the development of a geothermal energy system for the West Woodlawn neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. This project is part of a broader initiative to design and deploy geothermal heating and cooling systems at a community scale. The dataset includes therm...
Authors
Baser, T. et al Saint Louis University
geothermalenergysustainablecommunity scalethermal conductivitynumerical modelingashraeefficient designchicagocommgeocommunity geothermalborefieldheating and coolingmodelingthermal conductivity testthermal loadsbuilding loadscomsolprocessed databorehole sizing

Method to Recover Media Ligand Losses During Sorption of Rare Earth Elements from Simulated Geothermal Brines

May 24, 2016
57.03 kB
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This document describes the method and results of an in-situ experiment used to confirm that ligand bleed from a sorptive media can be contained. The experiment focused on maintaining the media's sorption of rare earth elements (REE) obtained from a simulated geothermal brine dop...
Authors
Stull, D. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalligandadsorptionsimulated brinemethodmineral recoveryrare earth elementreegeothermal brinesorptionligand bleedbrine study

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

An HPC-Based Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator for Modeling Underground Geothermal Behavior with Example Simulations on The Treasure Island and UC Berkeley Campus

Aug 01, 2021
186.08 MB
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This submission contains the source code of the Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator used for the Treasure Island and UC Berkeley campus geothermal simulation. It contains a report that summarizes the development and validation of this Hydrothermal Finite Element Simulator, with ...
Authors
Chen, K. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyfinite elementcoupled hydrothermal modelingcommunity scaleground source heat pumpparallel computingdeal.iidistrict heating and cooling systemsubsurface heat responsetreasure islanduc berkeley campuscsimulationuc berkeleydistrict heatingdistrict coolingenergy deliverygeothermal storagegoethermal energy storageenergy storage

Simulating Complex Fracture Systems in Geothermal Reservoirs Using an Explicitly Coupled Hydro-Geomechanical Model

Jan 01, 2011
6.5 MB
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Low permeability geothermal reservoirs can be stimulated by hydraulic fracturing to create Enhanced (or Engineered) Geothermal Systems (EGS) with higher permeability and improved heat transfer to increase heat production. In this paper, we document our effort to develop a numerica...
Authors
Carrigan, C. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalrock mechanicshydraulic fracturingenhanced geothermal systemegssimulationhydrohydrofrackingflowmodelmodelingreservoirfracking

Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical Modelling of Stockton University Reservoir Cooling System, Fine Scale Stress Test Modelling

Feb 22, 2021
132.27 MB
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Mesh, properties, initial conditions, injection/withdrawal rates for modelling thermal, hydrological, and mechanical effects of fluid injection to and withdrawal from ground for Stockton University reservoir cooling system (aquifer storage cooling system), Galloway, New Jersey, fo...
Authors
Smith, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalcoolingthermal-hydrological-mechanicalmodelingground sourcestress teststress modelingmodelstressinjectionwithdrawalfluidsimulationaquifer storage cooling systemreservoir cooling systemstockton universitynew jerseygeothermal coolingcfdflow simulationfea

Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities

Mar 08, 2019
11.78 MB
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The project team collected and analyzed 224 water samples and 101 matching rock samples. INL's improved method of measuring aqueous REEs allows study of samples previously thought too volume limited to measure. The study found that aqueous REEs occur at trace levels in all analyz...
Authors
Quillinan, S. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyreeoil and gasgeochemistryrare earth elementsproduced watertracerecoveryresourcecommoditymineralaqueousconcentrationspatialspatially-dependentvariablechemistrysamplingcoproducedproduced fluid

Geothermal Resource at the McGee Mountain Prospect, Humboldt County, Nevada

Jul 01, 2010
2.64 MB
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This report describes the geothermal resource at McGee Mountain, including: 1. Local geology 2. Thermal features 3. Known boreholes and temperature gradients 4. Geophysical surveys 5. Fluid geochemistry and geothermometry 6. Estimate of the heat-in-place Description of the heat-i...
Authors
Zehner, R. Geothermal Technical Partners, Inc.
geothermalnevadamcgee mountaingeologygeochemistrymonte carloheat in place estimatereportthermal featuresborehole gradienttemperature gradientgeophysicsgeophysical surveyboreholebore holegeothermometryfluidheat-in-place

Utah FORGE 2-2439v2: Report on Predicting Far-Field Stresses Using Finite Element Modeling and Near-Wellbore Machine Learning for Well 16A(78)-32

Aug 30, 2024
973.4 kB
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This report presents the far-field stress predictions at two locations along the vertical section of Utah FORGE Well 16A (78)-32 using a physics-based thermo-poro-mechanical model. Three principal stresses in far-field were obtained by solving an inverse problem based on the near-...
Authors
Lu, G. et al University of Pittsburgh
geothermalenergyutah forgein-situ stress estimationphysics-based modelingfinite element methodmachine learning modelthermo-poro-mechanical effectwell loggingvelocity-to-stress relationshipmachine learningfemreporttechnical report16a78-32mlegs2-2439v2principal stressstress predictionfar-fieldpre-cooling

Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical Modelling of Stockton University Reservoir Cooling System, Large Scale Grid

Feb 26, 2021
248.07 MB
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Mesh, properties, initial conditions, injection/withdrawal rates for modeling thermal, hydrological, and mechanical effects of fluid injection to and withdrawal from ground for Stockton University reservoir cooling system (aquifer storage cooling system), Galloway, New Jersey, on ...
Authors
Smith, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalcoolingthermal-hydrological-mechanicalmodelingground sourcesimulationflowcfdflow simulationmodelreservoir coolinginjectionreservoir cooling systemaquifer storage cooling systemgroundground coolinggeothermal coolingreservoirnew jerseystockton universitywithdrawalfea

Utah FORGE 2-2446: Report on Phase Field Modelling of Near-Wellbore Hydraulic Fracture Nucleation and Propagation

Dec 31, 2023
5.37 MB
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This is a report that describes the modelling of fracture nucleation and propagation in the near-wellbore region to understand the relationship between in situ stress and fracture patterns. A novel phase field formulation is described here, which represents fractures as a diffuse ...
Authors
Cusini, M. and Fei, F. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalenergyutah forgephase fieldegsmodeltechnical reportfracture nucleationfracture propagationnear-wellborephase field modelnumerical modelgeosfracturingnumerical resultsin situ stress

Magnetic Nanofluid Rare Earth Element Extraction Process Report, Techno Economic Analysis, and Results for Geothermal Fluids

Mar 14, 2016
1.86 MB
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This GDR submission is an interim technical report and raw data files from the first year of testing on functionalized nanoparticles for rare earth element extraction from geothermal fluids. The report contains Rare Earth Element uptake results (percent removal, mg Rare Earth Ele...
Authors
McGrail, P. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalreemofnanofluidrare earth elementmetal organic frameworkgeothermal mineral recoveryneodymiumeuropiumyttriumdysprosiumcesiummagnetic separationmetal uptaketechno economic analysisrare earth element extractiontechno economicsilica sorbentsuptake results

Technical Report-Rare Earth Element Concentrations in Wyoming's Produced Waters

Jul 01, 2017
4.2 MB
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This study is a joint effort by the University of Wyoming (UW), the UW Engineering Department (UW-ENG), and Idaho National Laboratories (INL) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to describe rare earth element concentrations in oil and gas produced waters. In this work w...
Authors
Quillinan, S. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyrare earth elementproduced watersreecoproducedresourcesgeochemicalisotope concentrationgeochemsitryoil and gastrace metalconcentrationcoalbrine study

Technical Report-Rare Earth Element Data Associated with Oil and Gas Reservoir Rock

Jul 01, 2017
4.49 MB
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This work was developed to complement the geochemical assessments of produced water and geothermal water samples. Specifically, this task was designed to test the influence of reservoir rock-type and corresponding mineralogy/geochemistry on the concentrations of REE found in oil a...
Authors
McLaughlin, J. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyrare earth elementproduced watersreecoproducedresourcesgeochemicalisotope concentrationgeochemistryoil and gasconcentrationgeologyrock chemistrygeologicinfluenceminerologybrine study

Rare Earth Element Concentrations in Wyoming's Produced Waters

Jul 01, 2017
4.28 MB
Publicly accessible
Version 2. This study is a joint effort by the University of Wyoming (UW), the UW Engineering Department (UW-ENG), and Idaho National Laboratories (INL) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to describe rare earth element concentrations in oil and gas produced waters. In ...
Authors
Quillinan, S. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyproduced watersproduced fluidreerare earth elementswyomingcoproduced resourcesoil and gascoproduced

Risk Factor Analysis in Low-Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin (GPFA-AB)

Sep 30, 2015
612.79 MB
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This submission contains information used to compute the risk factors for the GPFA-AB project. The risk factors are natural reservoir quality, thermal resource quality, potential for induced seismicity, and utilization. The methods used to combine the risk factors included taking ...
Authors
E., T. Cornell University
geothermalappalachian basinwest virginianew yorkpennsylvaniadistrict heatinglow-temperaturedeep direct usecombined risk segment maprisk analysisgeothermal play fairway analysisgpfa-abpfarastershapefileshape filearcgisgisgeospatial dataseismicseismicityrisklow temperaturerisk factorplay fairway analysis

Shaker Test Results Comparing Rare Earth Element Sorption Between Natural and Doped Simulated Geothermal Brine

May 24, 2016
88.02 kB
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Shaker test data comparing rare earth element (REE) sorption onto Tusaar media between one natural geothermal brine and two simulated brines doped with known mineral concentrations.
Authors
Stull, D. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalrare earth elementssorptiongreat salt lake brinemineral recoverysimulated brinerare earth elementreeadsorbantbrine chemistrybrine study

Aqueous Rare Earth Element Patterns and Concentration in Thermal Brines Associated with Oill and Gas Production

Feb 01, 2017
3.77 MB
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This study is part of a joint effort by the University of Wyoming (UW) School of Energy Resources (SER), the UW Engineering Department, Idaho National Laboratories (INL), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to describe rare earth element concentrations in oil and gas pr...
Authors
Nye, C. et al University of Wyoming
geothermalenergyrare earth elementsgeochemistryproduced waterbrineoil and gasreetrace metalcoalconcentrationcoproduced

Utah FORGE: Core Material Friction Experiments

Mar 15, 2023
696.08 MB
Publicly accessible
The following folders contain 3 friction experiments on Utah FORGE core material from depths of 6735 8533ft. The experiment conditions range from 100% relative humidity at room temperature to fluid-saturated at 110C. Experiments were done on both intact samples in a single-direct ...
Authors
Marone, C. et al Pennsylvania State University
utah forgegeothermalenergyfriction experimentsintact samplesgouge sampleshigh temperaturepore fluid pressuredrained boundary conditionspermeabilityvelocity stepshealingraw dataprocessed data

Column Sorption Uptake and Regeneration Study; Rare Earth Element Sorbent Uptake and Sorbent Stripping

Dec 18, 2015
101.91 kB
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Study of rare earth element (REE) uptake from geothermal brine simulant by column loading, metal recovery through stripping, and regeneration of column for re-loading. Simulated brine testing.
Authors
Lanyk, T. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalbrinecolumnregenerationreesstrippingmineral recoveryremoval efficiencyrecovery from sorbentrare earth elementloadingreload

SSGF Trace Element Concentrations

Jan 08, 2026
706.57 kB
Awaiting release
Presented are trace element concentrations of minerals from the Salton Sea Geothermal Field (SSGF), located in the Imperial Valley, California. With a recent increase in demand for lithium, the area is actively being studied as a source of geothermal brine for lithium extraction. ...
Authors
Kovalick, A. et al University of California Riverside
geothermaltrace elementssalton sea geothermal fieldrocksmineralhydrothermallithium valleygeothermal brineraw dataimperial countyssgfimperial valleyrare earth elementsreecritical mineralsmnznconibrine-rock reactionrock samplesbrine samplesrhyolitic domesdurmid hillsschmitt and hulenca 2-14wellschemistryfluid chemistrygeochemistrysalton sealithium extraction

Protocol for Regeneration of Ligand-Depleted Adsorption Media for Rare Earth Element Recovery from Geothermal Brine

May 24, 2016
13.67 kB
Publicly accessible
Description of experimental protocol used to characterize the effectiveness of regenerating ligand-based adsorption media through the addition of ligands when media were previously depleted of ligands during use. Results of the effectiveness of this regeneration are also described.
Authors
Stull, D. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalligandligand regenerationadsorptionmineral recoveryrare earth elementreesimulated brineexperimental protocol

Utah FORGE: Phase 3 Magnetotelluric (MT) Data

Oct 01, 2020
91.86 MB
Publicly accessible
New high-quality tensor MT data at 122 sites, including the vertical magnetic field and utilizing ultra-remote referencing, have been acquired over the Utah FORGE project area. The results will be used to delineate the densities of faults and fractures in crystalline basement rock...
Authors
Wannamaker, P. and Maris, V. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forge mtmt datamagnetotelluric datautah forgeforgeutah geothermalgeophysical datafinite elementfeafemgeophysicsgravitymagneticsmagnetotelluricsseismicgeodesyegsroosevelt hot springsmilfordsite characterization

Utah FORGE 3-2535: Numerical Modeling of Energized Steel-Casing Source for Imaging Stimulated Zone

Nov 15, 2022
885.78 kB
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This short report details and tests the workflow that will be used to simulate steel well casings in deviated production/extraction boreholes at at the Utah FORGE site. Boreholes will be electrically energized and will serve as data sources for future proposed electromagnetic bore...
Authors
Um, E. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyegsremote sensingwell characterizationutah forgewell 16awell 16b

Northwestern Michigan College Formation Thermal Conductivity Test Report

Jul 31, 2025
1.68 MB
Publicly accessible
This report summarizes a formation thermal conductivity test performed July 29-31, 2025 on a579-ft vertical bore at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, Michigan. It describes the test setup, operating conditions, data acquisition procedures, calibration details, and bo...
Authors
Streich, G. Northwestern Michigan College
geothermalwell databorethermal conductivitythermal conductivity testgeothermal boreholevertical closed-loop systemline-sourceloop temperaturethermal diffusivityundistrurbed formation temperaturedrilling logdistrict heating and coolingprocessed datatechnical reportashraecalibrationclosed loop geothermal
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