Geothermal resource, engineering and economic evaluation for the city of Ouray, Colorado

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5352933

Meyer, R T; Prostka, H; Raskin, R; Zocholl, J R

A geothermal energy feasibility study has been performed for the City of Ouray, Colorado, to determine the potential economic development opportunities to the City. The resource assessment indicates the resource to be associated with the Ouray fault zone, the Leadville limestone formation, the high thermal gradient in the area of the San Juan mountains, and the recharge from precipitation in the adjacent mountains. Four engineering designs of alternative sizes, costs, applications, and years of start-up have been defined to offer the City a range of development scales. Life cycle cost analyses have been conducted for cases of both public and private ownership. All systems are found to be feasible on both economic and technical grounds.

• Research Organization: Western Energy Planners, Ltd., Aurora, Colorado
• OSTI ID: 5352933
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.; (United States) Vol. 6; ISSN IGRSD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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