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kISMET Core Photos and Descriptions

These core photos and descriptions were taken from the five boreholes that were drilled as part of the kISMET SubTER project conducted at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD. The boreholes are subvertical in orientation, and were drilled on the 4850 level ...

Dobson, P. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Aug 02, 2016
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Low Temperature Geothermal Resource Assessment for Desalination in United States

This data is a compilation of well observations from the Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Association of American State Geologists (AASG), location of identified low temperature geothermal systems from United States Geological Survey (USGS), and low temperature geothermal w...

Akar, S. and Turchi, C. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2016
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Admiralty Inlet Advanced Turbulence Measurements: May 2015

This data is from measurements at Admiralty Head, in Admiralty Inlet (Puget Sound) in May of 2015. The measurements were made using Inertial Motion Unit (IMU) equipped ADVs mounted on a 'StableMoor' (Manufacturer: DeepWater Buoyancy) buoy and a Tidal Turbulence Mooring (TTM). Thes...

Kilcher, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

May 18, 2015
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Mapping Fracture Network Creation with Microseismicity During EGS Demonstrations

This a report for the project "Mapping Fracture Network Creation with Microseismicity During EGS Demonstrations". Effective enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) require optimal fracture networks for efficient heat transfer between hot rock and fluid. Microseismic mapping is a key too...

Templeton, D. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Apr 18, 2014
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Chlorite Dissolution Kinetics at Variable pH and Temperatures up to 275C

FY13 annual report describing the calculations and results associated with the data and dissolution rate contained in "Chlorite Kinetic Dissolution Data and Rate" (linked below).

Carroll, S. and Smith, M. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Oct 01, 2013
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Test Report for Detonation Velocity Measurements

Test report for detonation velocity measurements. A series of tests were conducted to determine reaction rate and general behavior of aluminum (AL) and magnesium (MG) powder mixtures (metalized explosives) with Bullseye double-base smokeless propellant. Given the indeterminate sen...

Grubelich, M. Sandia National Laboratories

Jan 13, 2014
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Stability of Elastomers Subjected to Geothermal Well-Like Conditions

The aim of this study is to understand how commercially available elastomers perform under geothermal well-like conditions and make recommendations to the community based on these results. This poster highlights the mechanical performance of several elastomers (including EPDM, Vit...

Redline, E. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Aug 10, 2014
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Geothermometry Mapping of Deep Hydrothermal Reservoirs in Southeastern Idaho: Final Report

Geothermometry Mapping of Deep Hydrothermal Reservoirs in Southeastern Idaho. Project final report with detail appendices.

Mattson, E. et al Idaho National Laboratory

Aug 15, 2016
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Geothermal Technologies Program GETEM and LCOE Improvements Review (March 21, 2013)

This file was a report submitted to GTO by Mark Paster, a consultant to the GETEM project, to outline the improvements that were made between summer 2011 and spring 2013. The report focuses on six areas of model improvement: (1) Site Specific Cost Variability; (2) Consistency wi...

Paster, M. Idaho National Laboratory

Mar 21, 2013
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Sustainable Self-Propping Shear Zones in EGS: Chlorite, Illite, and Biotite Rates and Report

Spreadsheet containing chlorite, illite, and biotite rate data and rate equations that can be used in reactive transport simulations. Submission includes a report on the development of the rate laws.

Carroll, S. and Smith, M. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Nov 06, 2015
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Exploration Best Practices on OpenEI

This is an electronic database detailing different types of, various phases of, best practices for, and cost and time associated with geothermal exploration techniques. The groups of exploration techniques included in the database are Data and Modeling Techniques, Downhole Techniq...

Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 20, 2013
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Exploration Case Studies on OpenEI

The goal of this project was to create a template (and associated form) on OpenEI to solicit crowd-sourced information sharing about various geothermal resource areas around the world. Over the past two years, twelve case studies have been researched by NREL staff testing the usa...

Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 27, 2013
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High-Pressure Combustion and Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Ethylene/Nitrous Oxide Mixtures

In this paper, the combustion of nitrous oxide with a simple hydrocarbon, ethylene, at high initial pressures is investigated. A series of experiments were conducted using a stoichiometric C2H4-N2O mixture in a round, smooth-walled tube with initial pressures of 125 to 337 psi. ...

Grubelich, M. Sandia National Laboratories

Nov 01, 2013
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Geothermal Drilling and Completions: Petroleum Practices Technology Transfer

NREL and the Colorado School of Mines (SURGE) conducted research in FY14 to identify petroleum drilling and completion practices (methods and technologies) that can be transferred to geothermal drilling and completion, to provide the geothermal industry with more effective, lower ...

Visser, C. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2014
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HT Flash and Tantalum Capacitor Report

Pushing the boundaries with geothermal tool development can often necessitate exceeding manufacturer specifications for temperature and pressure of individual circuit components. Detailed here are the efforts surrounding geothermal temperature characterization of commercially avai...

Cashion, A. and Cieslewski, G. Sandia National Laboratories

Oct 28, 2015
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NTB (Non-technical Barriers) Interviews with Geothermal Stakeholders for Geothermal Development in the Salton Sea.

Non-technical barriers to deploying geothermal electricity projects in the United States can create significant delays and other challenges, leading to higher project risk and costs, lost opportunities to access policy incentives, and ultimately decreased competitiveness against o...

Levine, A. and Smith, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 01, 2021
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Centralizer for Use in Well Completions

Well completions are an integral part of providing safe, reliable and continuous access to underground resources such as oil, gas and geothermal resources. Completions are typically considered to be the final step of drilling engineering which includes processes such as setting c...

Su, J. Sandia National Laboratories

Apr 17, 2014
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MASK2B Initial Results from Wave Tank Test of Closed-Loop WEC Control

This dataset covers the MASK2B wave tank experiment focused on a more complete study of one degree of freedom (1DOF) control of the WEC was considered, including maximization of electrical power, multi-objective performance mapping, and implementation of a novel predictionless con...

Coe, R. et al Sandia National Laboratories

May 25, 2018
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Retrofitting a 1960s Split-Level Cold-Climate Home

The U.S. Department of Energy Building America research team Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) partnered with Preferred Builders, a previous CARB partner and builder of the Performance House (DOE 2013) and the owners of a 1960s split-level home in Westport, Conn...

Puttagunta, S. Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings

Apr 27, 2016
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REE Adsorption Performance with Immobilized Caulobacter Biofilms

This submission includes data collected from experiments on the performance of rare earth adsorption by immobilized bacteria that accompany the FY18 Q2 and Q3 quarter reports. Relevant information from these reports is included in a resource below. The spreadsheet below includes d...

Jiao, Y. and Park, D. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Apr 01, 2018
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Geothermal Exploration Cost and Time Metric

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was tasked with developing a metric in 2012 to measure the impacts of RD&D funding on the cost and time required for geothermal exploration activities. The development of this cost and time metric included collecting cost and time da...

Jenne, S. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 01, 2013
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Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems

Domestic hot water (DHW) is the second-largest energy end use in U.S. buildings; it is exceeded only by space conditioning. In this study, the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America research team Advanced Research Integrated Energy Solutions installed and tested two types o...

Dentz, J. et al The Levy Partnership, Inc Systems Building Research Alliance

Apr 27, 2016
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Preliminary Analysis of Stress in the Newberry EGS Well NWG 55-29

As part of the planning for stimulation of the Newberry Volcano Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Demonstration project in Oregon, a high-resolution borehole televiewer (BHTV) log was acquired using the ALT ABI85 BHTV tool in the slightly deviated NWG 55-29 well. The image log rev...

Davatzes, N. and Hickman, S. National Energy Technology Laboratory

Jan 01, 2011
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Data Sets for Evaluation of Building Fault Detection and Diagnostics Algorithms

This documentation and dataset can be used to test the performance of automated fault detection and diagnostics algorithms for buildings. The dataset was created by LBNL, PNNL, NREL, ORNL and ASHRAE RP-1312 (Drexel University). It includes data for air-handling units and rooftop u...

Lin, G. and Mitchell, R. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Feb 26, 2019
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Helium isotope study of Geothermal Features in Chile with Field and Laboratory Data

Helium isotope and stable isotope data from the El Tatio, Tinginguirica, Chillan, and Tolhuaca geothermal systems, Chile. Data from this submission are discussed in: Dobson, P.F., Kennedy, B.M., Reich, M., Sanchez, P., and Morata, D. (2013) Effects of volcanism, crustal thickness,...