Integrating CO2 storage with geothermal resources for dispatchable renewable electricity

Energy Procedia

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 7619-7630

  Buscheck, Thomas A ^a   Bielicki, Jeffrey M ^b,c   Chen, Mingjie ^a   Sun, Yunwei ^a   Hao, Yue ^a   Edmunds, Thomas A ^a   Saar, Martin O ^d   Randolph, Jimmy B ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brine utilization; Bulk energy storage; CO2 utilization; Geologic CO2 storage; Geothermal energy; Parasitic load; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922932356     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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