Utilizing supercritical geothermal systems: a review of past ventures and ongoing research activities

• Published in: Geothermal Energy
• Main Authors: Reinsch, Thomas, Dobson, Patrick, Asanuma, Hiroshi, Huenges, Ernst, Poletto, Flavio, Sanjuan, Bernard
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: 58 GEOSCIENCES; New Zealand; Reykjanes; Krafla; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1479360; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1479360; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40517-017-0075-y

Here, 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, that is for pure water, temperature and pressure are, r...