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Grain-Scale Failure in Thermal Spallation Drilling
- Organization: Department of Energy
- Updated: 2017-05-23T22:16:16Z | Harvested: June 28, 2025 at 02:01 AM
Geothermal power promises clean, renewable, reliable and potentially widely-available energy, but is limited by high initial capital costs. New drilling technologies are required to make...
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Simulation Tools for Modeling Thermal Spallation Drilling on Multiple Scales
- Organization: Department of Energy
- Updated: 2017-05-23T22:15:26Z | Harvested: June 28, 2025 at 02:01 AM
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...
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Geomechanical Modeling for Thermal Spallation Drilling
- Organization: Department of Energy
- Updated: 2017-05-23T21:56:06Z | Harvested: June 28, 2025 at 02:01 AM
Wells for Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) typically occur in conditions presenting significant challenges for conventional rotary and percussive drilling technologies: granitic rocks that...
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