Recovery of Geothermal Energy by Means of Underground Nuclear Detonations
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4675501
- Patent Number(s):
- 3640336
- Assignee:
- United States Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21B - EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24T - GEOTHERMAL COLLECTORS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-26-028015
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-72
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- N42500* -Engineering-Nuclear Explosions; 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; CAVITIES; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEATING; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PRODUCTION; ROCKS; STEAM; STRATIFICATION; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS; WATER; STEAM/production by geothermal heat in nuclear explosion cavities; CAVITIES/formation by nuclear explosions in geothermal strata for production of steam; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS, UNDERGROUND/use in production of cavities over naturally hot rock strata for steam production; HOT-DRY-ROCK SYSTEMS; EXPLOSIVE STIMULATION; GEOLOGIC STRATA; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ENERGY; ENERGY SOURCES; EXPLOSIONS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; WELL STIMULATION
Citation Formats
Dixon, R. P. Recovery of Geothermal Energy by Means of Underground Nuclear Detonations. United States: N. p., 1972.
Web.
Dixon, R. P. Recovery of Geothermal Energy by Means of Underground Nuclear Detonations. United States.
Dixon, R. P. Tue .
"Recovery of Geothermal Energy by Means of Underground Nuclear Detonations". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4675501.
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title = {Recovery of Geothermal Energy by Means of Underground Nuclear Detonations},
author = {Dixon, R. P.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 1972},
month = {Tue Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 1972}
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