Session 8: Hot Dry Rock Update
In 1970, Los Alamos began an informal study of the possible usefulness of hot dry rock (HDR) energy systems based on circulation of water through hydraulic fractures connecting two wellbores drilled into hot crustal rock of low initial permeability and free-water content. In 1973 this was established as a formal HDR Program. It has since been sponsored by DOE and its predecessor agencies, with supplementary support since 1980 by agencies of the governments of West Germany and Japan. In the meantime, complementary HDR projects have been initiated in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, and the Soviet Union, and several other countries have undertaken HDR resource evaluations and theoretical background studies. The HDR Program is now truly international, although the broadest and most advanced effort is still at Los Alamos.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy, Division of Geothermal and Hydropower Technologies; Washington, D.C. (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 838148
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8310177-8; TRN: US200508%%284
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Proceedings of the Geothermal Program Review II, Washington, DC (US), 10/11/1983--10/13/1983; Other Information: Page range is 212-234; Includes drawings, graphs; PBD: 1 Dec 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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