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Investigation of Stimulation-Response Relationships for Complex Fracture Systems in Enhanced Geothermal Reservoirs

Hydraulic fracturing is currently the primary method for stimulating low-permeability geothermal reservoirs and creating Enhanced (or Engineered) Geothermal Systems (EGS) with improved permeability and heat production efficiency. Complex natural fracture systems usually exist in ...
Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 01, 2011
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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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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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Chlorite Dissolution Rates From 25 to 275 degrees and pH 3 to 10

We have calculated a chlorite dissolution rate equation at far from equilibrium conditions by combining new data (20 experiments at high temperature) with previously published data Smith et al. 2013 and Lowson et al. 2007. All rate data (from the 127 experiments) are tabulated in...
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Sep 27, 2013
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Chlorite, Biotite, Illite, Muscovite and Feldspar Dissolution Kinetics at Variable pH and Temperatures up to 280 deg C

Chemical reactions pose an important but poorly understood threat to EGS long-term success because of their impact on fracture permeability. This report summarizes the dissolution rate equations for layered silicates where data were lacking for geothermal systems. Here we report ...
Carroll, S. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Feb 24, 2017
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Chlorite Dissolution Rates

Spreadsheets provides measured chlorite rate data from 100 to 300 degrees C at elevated CO2. Spreadsheet includes derived rate equation.
Carroll, S. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jul 01, 2013
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Illite Dissolution Rates and Equation (100 to 280 deg C)

The objective of this suite of experiments was to develop a useful kinetic dissolution expression for illite applicable over an expanded range of solution pH and temperature conditions representative of subsurface conditions in natural and/or engineered geothermal reservoirs. Usi...
Carroll, S. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Oct 17, 2014
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Using Fully Coupled Hydro-Geomechanical Numerical Test Bed to Study Reservoir Stimulation with Low Hydraulic Pressure

This paper documents our effort to use a fully coupled hydro-geomechanical numerical test bed to study using low hydraulic pressure to stimulate geothermal reservoirs with existing fracture network. In this low pressure stimulation strategy, fluid pressure is lower than the minimu...
Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 31, 2012
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Great Salt Lake Composition and Rare Earth Speciation Analysis

We have conducted aqueous speciation analyses of the Great Salt Lake (GSL) brine sample (Table 1) and a mock geo sample (Table 2) spiked with 1 ppb Tb and 100 ppb Tb. The GSL speciation (Figure 1) aligns with our basic speciation expectations that strong carbonate complexes would ...
Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Apr 19, 2017
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Modeling Responses of Naturally Fractured Geothermal Reservoir to Low-Pressure Stimulation

Hydraulic shearing is an appealing reservoir stimulation strategy for Enhanced Geothermal Systems. It is believed that hydro-shearing is likely to simulate a fracture network that covers a relatively large volume of the reservoir whereas hydro-fracturing tends to create a small nu...
Fu, P. and Carrigan, C. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 01, 2012
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Gas Propagated Borehole Fracture Model And Simulation

We developed a model for fracture production produced during detonation of an explosive mixture in a 10m packed off section of a shallow borehole. The model is based upon an actual field and lab experiments on low-damage borehole fracturing performed at Sandia National Labs by Mar...
Carrigan, C. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nov 15, 2015
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Simulating Complex Fracture Systems in Geothermal Reservoirs Using an Explicitly Coupled Hydro-Geomechanical Model

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...
Carrigan, C. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 01, 2011
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Surface Complexation Modeling of Terbium Biosorption onto E. Coli Bacterial Surfaces with Lanthanide Binding Tags

Lanthanide binding tags (LBTs) have been engineered onto native Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacterial surfaces to enhance extraction and recovery of rare earth elements (REEs). Three strains of E. coli were studied: (1) the native E. coli surface, (2) a mutant E. coli surface with ...
Jiao, Y. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Apr 01, 2018
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Techno-Economic Assessment for Integrating Biosorption into Rare Earth Recovery Process

The current uncertainty in the global supply of rare earth elements (REEs) necessitates the development of novel extraction technologies that utilize a variety of REE source materials. Herein, we examined the techno-economic performance of integrating a biosorption approach into ...
Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jul 01, 2017
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Techno-Economic Assessment for Integrating Biosorption into Rare Earth Recovery Process

The current uncertainty in the global supply of rare earth elements (REEs) necessitates the development of novel extraction technologies that utilize a variety of REE source materials. Herein, we examined the techno-economic performance of integrating a biosorption approach into a...
Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Oct 09, 2017
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EGS Collab Experiment 1: Circulation Testing Processed data

This submission includes processed and reduced data for circulation testing that was conducted at the 164' fracture on the 4850 ft level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility. The circulation tests were done to test the flow through the 164' fracture in the EGS Collab Exper...
Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Apr 01, 2021
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Newberry EGS Seismic Velocity Model

We use ambient noise correlation (ANC) to create a detailed image of the subsurface seismic velocity at the Newberry EGS site down to 5 km. We collected continuous data for the 22 stations in the Newberry network, together with 12 additional stations from the nearby CC, UO and UW ...
Templeton, D. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Oct 01, 2013
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Design of an Airlift Bioreactor

An important consideration for the process design is cell immobilization-enabled flow-through operation. Large-scale biosorption relies on cells that are immobilized on a supporting substrate and used to 'attract' metal ions. Cell immobilization allows easy separation of the feed...
Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mar 13, 2017
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Applications of Geothermally-Produced Colloidal Silica in Reservoir Management Smart Gels

In enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) the reservoir permeability is often enhanced or created using hydraulic fracturing. In hydraulic fracturing, high fluid pressures are applied to confined zones in the subsurface usually using packers to fracture the host rock. This enhances r...
Hunt, J. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 31, 2013
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Fully Coupled Geomechanics and Discrete Flow Network Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing for Geothermal Applications

The primary objective of our current research is to develop a computational test bed for evaluating borehole techniques to enhance fluid flow and heat transfer in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Simulating processes resulting in hydraulic fracturing and/or the remobilization of...
Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 01, 2011
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Generalized Displacement Correlation Method for Estimating Stress Intensity Factors

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...
Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 01, 2012
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Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Geothermal Fluids through Bacterial Cell Surface Adsorption

We summarized the FY17 and part of FY18 results of the analysis of the effect of several parameters (e.g., total dissolved solids, specific competing metals, pH, and temperature) on REE recovery from geothermal brine in a manuscript that was submitted to Environmental Science & Te...
Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jan 01, 2018
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Thermal Drawdown-Induced Flow Channeling in a Single Fracture in EGS

The evolution of flow pattern along a single fracture and its effects on heat production is a fundamental problem in the assessments of engineered geothermal systems (EGS). The channelized flow pattern associated with ubiquitous heterogeneity in fracture aperture distribution caus...
Guo, B. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nov 15, 2015
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