The furnace in the basement: Part 1, The early days of the Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy Program, 1970--1973 | Zendy

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The furnace in the basement: Part 1, The early days of the Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy Program, 1970--1973

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M. C. Smith

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/106724

Subject(s) - geothermal gradient , geothermal energy , basement , period (music) , geology , stage (stratigraphy) , group (periodic table) , mining engineering , petroleum engineering , geochemistry , civil engineering , engineering , chemistry , physics , paleontology , organic chemistry , acoustics

This report presents the descriptions of the background information and formation of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Geothermal Energy Group. It discusses the organizational, financial, political, public-relations,geologic, hydrologic, physical, and mechanical problems encountered by the group during the period 1970--1973. It reports the failures as well as the successes of this essential first stage in the development of hot dry rock geothermal energy systems

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