Geothermal energy from hot dry rock: A renewable energy technology moving towards practical implementation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 9, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1246-1249

  Duchane, D V ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilling; Energy development; Flow testing; Geothermal; HDR; Hot dry rock; Hydraulic fracturing; Load following; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GEOTHERMAL LOGGING; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; FLOW TESTING; LOAD FOLLOWING;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 0030241487     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88502-8     Document Type: Article

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