Supercritical Geothermal Systems - A Review of Past Studies and Ongoing Research Activities

• Main Authors: Dobson, Patrick, Asanuma, Hiroshi, Huenges, Ernst, Poletto, Flavio, Reinsch, Thomas, Sanjuan, Bernard
• Other Authors: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley (LBNL), Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam (GFZ), Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografica e di Geofisica Sperimentale Trieste, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale (OGS), Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: supercritical geothermal systems; brittle-ductile transition; international collaboration; [SPI.NRJ]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electric power; Krafla; New Zealand; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01497951; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01497951/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01497951/file/Dobson_etal_2017_final.pdf

International audience Supercritical geothermal systems are very high temperature geothermal systems that are located at depths near or below the brittle-ductile transition zone in the crust where the reservoir fluid is assumed to be in the supercritical state, e.g., for pure water temperature and p...