Geothermal Energy

 The scope of this project is to develop and implement an Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS), which can produce commercial amounts of electrical energy. For that purpose, we have developed a novel EGS, which mimics a natural hydrothermal system. This EGS is termed Radiator-EGS (RAD-EGS), because it also mimics a heat exchanger in an internal combustion engine.

We have already identified field sites that allow us to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed EGS, and we are in the process of securing the funding necessary to perform such a study.

Personnel

 Pete Geiser, Markus Hilpert, Bruce Marsh

References

  1. Geiser, P., B. Marsh, and M. Hilpert (2015). The Radiator-EGS System: A fresh solution to geothermal heat extraction. Fourtieth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, CA. January 26-28, 2015. Proceedings SGP-TR-204.

Upcoming Presentations

  1. Geiser, P., B. Marsh, M. Hilpert: Geothermal: The marginalization of Earth's largest and greenest energy source. To be presented at the Stanford Geothermal Workshop, February 22-24, 2016.

  2. Hilpert, M., B. Marsh, and P. Geiser: The Radiator-Enhanced Geothermal System (RAD-EGS): 3D modeling of heat transfer. To be presented at the Stanford Geothermal Workshop, February 22-24, 2016.