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Simulation Tools for Modeling Thermal Spallation Drilling on Multiple Scales

Widespread adoption of geothermal energy will require access to deeply buried resources in granitic basement rocks at high temperatures and pressures. Exploiting these resources necessitates novel methods for drilling, stimulation, and maintenance, under operating conditions that ...

Walsh, S. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 01, 2012
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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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Shallow (2-meter) Temperature Surveys in Colorado

Shallow temperature surveys are useful in early-stage geothermal exploration to delineate surface outflow zones, with the intent to identify the source of upwelling, usually a fault. Detailed descriptions of the 2-meter survey method and equipment design can be found in Coolbaugh ...

E., R. Flint Geothermal, LLC

Feb 01, 2012
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Utah FORGE: High-Resolution DAS Microseismic Data from Well 78-32

This regards a high-resolution DAS microseismic dataset produced by Silixa from Utah FORGE Phase 2C seismic monitoring well 78-32 during stimulation testing of well 58-32. It is a very large dataset and as such it is currently not directly available on GDR. However, it is availabl...

Martin, T. and Nash, G. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Oct 20, 2019
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EGS Collab Experiment 1: Circulation Testing

These data and test descriptions comprise a chilled circulation test conducted at the 164' fracture in the EGS Collab Experiment 1 testbed on the 4850 ft level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Descriptions of the meta data, design drawings for the flow testing system,...

Knox, H. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Apr 01, 2019
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Snake River (Idaho) Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration

The goal of our project was to test innovative exploration technologies using existing and new data, and to ground-truth these technologies using slim-hole core technology. The slim-hole core allowed us to understand subsurface stratigraphy and alteration in detail, and to correla...

Shervais, J. et al Utah State University

Feb 21, 2014
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Dynamic Earth Energy Storage: Terawatt-Year, Grid-Scale Energy Storage using Planet Earth as a Thermal Battery (GeoTES): Seedling Project Final Report

Grid-scale energy storage has been identified as a needed technology to support the continued build-out of intermittent renewable energy resources. As of April 2017, the U.S. had approximately 24.2 GW of energy storage on line, compared to 1,081 GW of installed generation capacity...

McLing, T. et al Idaho National Laboratory

May 31, 2019
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Utah FORGE: Laboratory Experiments Examining the Effect of Thermal and Mechanical Processes on Hydraulic Transmissivity Evolution

Using laboratory slide-hold-slide experiments, at temperatures from 22 to 200 degrees C, to examine effects of fracture reactivation and quasi-static loading on the evolution of fluid transport properties of simulated fractures in Westerly granite. At all temperatures, the in-plan...

Lockner, D. et al United States Geological Survey

Apr 03, 2023
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Utah FORGE 2-2446: Closing the Loop Between In-situ Stress Complexity and EGS Fracture Complexity 2025 Workshop Presentation

This is a presentation on the Closing the Loop Between In-situ Stress Complexity and EGS Fracture Complexity project by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, presented by Dr. Fan (Frank) Fei. The project's objective was to employ a combination of high-fidelity simulations and tr...

Kroll, K. and Fei, F. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Sep 18, 2025
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Utah FORGE 10-3627: Thermo Re-Settable Straddle System 2025 Workshop Presentation

This is a presentation on Thermo Re-Settable Straddle System by PetroQuip Energy Services, presented by Robert Coon. This video slide presentation describes the development of a resettable straddle tool with multiple packers and injection ports designed to test multiple open-hole ...

Coon, R. PetroQuip Energy Services

Sep 18, 2025
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Ionic Fluids for EGS: Thermogravimetric Analysis of Ionic Liquids

This dataset contains non-isothermal thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) results for ten ionic liquids. The tests were performed using a TGA 5500 system under an air atmosphere, with platinum pans and a 10 Hz sampling rate. Each test includes multiple thermal segments, typically invo...

Akhtarmanesh, S. et al Oklahoma State University

Dec 14, 2023
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Deep Sedimentary Basin EGS Development

Stratigraphic reservoirs with high permeability and temperature at economically accessible depths are attractive for power generation because of their large areal extent (> 100 km2) compared to the fault controlled hydrothermal reservoirs (< 10 km2) found throughout much of the we...

Allis, R. and Moore, J. University of Utah

Jan 24, 2013
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Brady's Geothermal Field Metadata for InSAR Holdings

List of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images acquired by TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellite missions and archived at UNAVCO's WINSAR facility. See file "Bradys TSX Holdings.csv" for individual links. NOTE: The user must create an account in order to access the data (See "Instruct...

Ali, T. University of Wisconsin

Jul 29, 2016
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Utah FORGE: LBNL Status Report on the VEMP Tool 2022

This report describes the current status of the Vertical Electromagnetic Profiling, or VEMP tool, that is on loan to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) from Geothermal Energy Research and Development Co., Ltd. (GERD), Japan. The report describes the initial inspection of the to...

Wilt, M. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jun 24, 2022
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Low-Temperature Geothermal Geospatial Datasets: An Example from Alaska

This project is a component of a broader effort focused on geothermal heating and cooling (GHC) with the aim of illustrating the numerous benefits of incorporating GHC and geothermal heat exchange (GHX) into community energy planning and national decarbonization strategies. To bet...

Davalos Elizondo, E. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 06, 2023
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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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Financial Summary, Nanofiltration Data, and Lithium Uptake Data

Integrated testing of nanofiltration and lithium uptake subsystems using synthetic geothermal brine. Also includes a financial summary (Pro Forma) of the proposed 'Geothermal Thermoelectric Generation (G-TEG) with Integrated Temperature Driven Membrane Distillation and Novel Manga...

Renew, J. Southern Research Institute

Dec 05, 2016
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Ionic Fluids for EGS: Thermohydraulic Flow Data for Alternative Geothermal Fluids

This dataset contains thermohydraulic measurements of fluid flow through single and dual fracture systems under controlled laboratory conditions. Experiments were conducted at Oklahoma State University using various ionic and nonionic fluids, including deep eutectic solvents (DES)...

Maitra, E. et al Oklahoma State University

Sep 13, 2025
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Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Numerical Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis using iTOUGH2 for West Virginia University

To reduce the geothermal exploration risk, a feasibility study is performed for a deep direct-use system proposed at the West Virginia University (WVU) Morgantown campus. This study applies numerical simulations to investigate reservoir impedance and thermal production. Because of...

Garapati, N. et al West Virginia University

Dec 20, 2019
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Topographic and Air-Photo Lineaments in Various Locations Related to Geothermal Exploration in Colorado

These line shapefiles trace apparent topographic and air-photo lineaments in various counties in Colorado. It was made in order to identify possible fault and fracture systems that might be conduits for geothermal fluids, as part of a DOE reconnaissance geothermal exploration prog...

Zehner, R. Flint Geothermal, LLC

Feb 01, 2012
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Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics

The work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials (silica and MOF...

Addleman, R. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Sep 21, 2016
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Rare Earth Element Biomining from the Great Salt Lake Brine Using Engineered E. Coli

This data describes rare earth element adsorption onto E. coli cells engineered to express a lanthanide binding tag (LBT). We used a Great Salt Lake synthetic solution as the background matrix with Tb added to 1-10,000 ppb, concentrations much lower than the competing ions presen...

Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jun 04, 2017
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Matlab Scripts and Sample Data Associated with Water Resources Research Article

Scripts and data acquired at the Mirror Lake Research Site, cited by the article submitted to Water Resources Research: Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) as a Distributed Hydraulic Sensor in Fractured Bedrock M. W. Becker(1), T. I. Coleman(2), and C. C. Ciervo(1) 1 California St...

Becker, M. and Coleman, T. California State University

Jul 18, 2015
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CIRES Approach Overview to Using Thermal Infrared Imagery to Find Geothermal Systems in Colorado

Subsurface geothermal activity has a thermal expression that can be observed at the surface. Such spatial temperature gradients are within the radiometric resolution that is characteristic of a wide range of satellites that carry thermal sensors. For this effort, CIRES (part of ...

Hussein, K. Flint Geothermal, LLC