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Dixie Valley Engineered Geothermal System Exploration Methodology Project, Baseline Conceptual Model Report

The Engineered Geothermal System (EGS) Exploration Methodology Project is developing an exploration approach for EGS through the integration of geoscientific data. The overall project area is 2500km2 with the Calibration Area (Dixie Valley Geothermal Wellfield) being about 170km2. 

The Final Scientific Report (FSR) is submitted in two parts (I and II).

FSR part I presents (1) an assessment of the readily available public domain data and some proprietary data provided by terra-gen power, llc, (2) a re-interpretation of these data as required, (3) an exploratory geostatistical data analysis, (4) the baseline geothermal conceptual model, and (5) the EGS favorability/trust mapping.  The conceptual model presented applies to both the hydrothermal system and EGS in the Dixie Valley region. 

FSR Part II presents (1) 278 new gravity stations; (2) enhanced gravity-magnetic modeling; (3) 42 new ambient seismic noise survey stations; (4) an integration of the new seismic noise data with a regional seismic network; (5) a new methodology and approach to interpret this data; (5) a novel method to predict rock type and temperature based on the newly interpreted data; (6) 70 new magnetotelluric (MT) stations; (7) an integrated interpretation of the enhanced MT data set; (8) the results of a 308 station soil CO2 gas survey; (9) new conductive thermal modeling in the project area; (10) new convective modeling in the Calibration Area; (11) pseudo-convective modeling in the Calibration Area; (12) enhanced data implications and qualitative geoscience correlations at three scales (a) Regional, (b) Project, and (c) Calibration Area; (13) quantitative geostatistical exploratory data analysis; and (14) responses to nine questions posed in the proposal for this investigation.  

Enhanced favorability/trust maps were not generated because there was not a sufficient amount of new, fully-vetted (see below) rock type, temperature, and stress data. The enhanced seismic data did generate a new method to infer rock type and temperature (However, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator for this project, this new methodology needs to be tested and evaluated at other sites in the Basin and Range before it is used to generate the referenced maps. As in the baseline conceptual model, the enhanced findings can be applied to both the hydrothermal system and EGS in the Dixie Valley region).


Tags: bob-karlin, complete-bouguer-anomaly, data, dixie-valley, egs, egs-exploration-methodology, favorability-trust-mapping, final-scientific-report, fletcher-h-ibser, geophysics, geostatistics, geothermal, gravity, hydrothermal-system, ileana-tibulec, inversion, magnetotellurics, metadata, phil-wannamaker, quantec, seismic-velocity-model, station-location
Organization: Department of Energy
December 2013 Dixie Valley Binary Cycle Production Data Report

Summary report of data, operations, outages, and curtailments in order to support the techno-economic feasibility of utilizing the available unused heat to generate additional electric power from a binary power plant from the low-temperature brine at the Dixie Valley Geothermal Power Plant.

Tags: binary-cycle, binary-power-plant, bottoming, brine, dixie-valley, geothermal, low-temperature, nevada, production-report, summary, supercritical-cycle, unused-heat, waste-water
Organization: Department of Energy
Production and Injection data for NV Binary facilities

Excel files are provided with well production and injection data for binary facilities in Nevada. The files contain the data that reported montly to the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) by the facility operators. this data has been complied into Excel spreadsheets for each of the facilities given on the NBMG web site.

Tags: binary, binary-power-plants, blue-mountain, burdette, empire, galena, geothermal, injection-flow, nbmg, nevada, production-flow, production-temperature, salt-wells, soda-lake, steamboat, steamboat-ii, steamboat-iii, stillwater, wabuska, well-injection-data, well-production-data
Organization: Department of Energy
January 2014 Green Machine Florida Canyon Hourly Data

Employing innovative product developments to demonstrate financial and technical viability of producing electricity from low temperature geothermal fluids, coproduced in a mining operation, by employing ElectraTherm's modular and mobile heat-to-power "micro geothermal" power plant with output capacity expected in the 30-70kWe range. The Green Machine is an Organic Rankine Cycle power plant. The Florida Canyon machine is powered by geothermal brine with air cooled condensing. The data provided is an hourly summary from 01 Jan to 31 Jan 2014.

Tags: coproduced, data, electratherm, florida-canyon, geothermal, green-machine, hourly-data, low-temperature, micro-geothermal, micro-geothermal-power-plant, mining, operation, orc, organic-rnakine-cycle, power, production, small-scale, waste-heat
Organization: Department of Energy
Improved Microseismicity Detection During Newberry EGS Stimulations

Effective enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) require optimal fracture networks for efficient heat transfer between hot rock and fluid. Microseismic mapping is a key tool used to infer the subsurface fracture geometry. Traditional earthquake detection and location techniques are often employed to identify microearthquakes in geothermal regions. However, most commonly used algorithms may miss events if the seismic signal of an earthquake is small relative to the background noise level or if a microearthquake occurs within the coda of a larger event. Consequently, we have developed a set of algorithms that provide improved microearthquake detection. Our objective is to investigate the microseismicity at the DOE Newberry EGS site to better image the active regions of the underground fracture network during and immediately after the EGS stimulation. Detection of more microearthquakes during EGS stimulations will allow for better seismic delineation of the active regions of the underground fracture system. This improved knowledge of the reservoir network will improve our understanding of subsurface conditions, and allow improvement of the stimulation strategy that will optimize heat extraction and maximize economic return.

Tags: detection, egs, fracture, geothermal, hydrualic, induced-seismicity, measurement, microearthquake, microseismicity, monitoring, newberry, ngds-content-model, reservoir, seismicity, stimulation, usgin-content-model
Organization: Department of Energy
Newberry EGS Seismic Velocity Model

We use ambient noise correlation (ANC) to create a detailed image of the subsurface seismic velocity at the Newberry EGS site down to 5 km. We collected continuous data for the 22 stations in the Newberry network, together with 12 additional stations from the nearby CC, UO and UW networks. The data were instrument corrected, whitened and converted to single bit traces before cross correlation according to the methodology in Benson (2007). There are 231 unique paths connecting the 22 stations of the Newberry network. The additional networks extended that to 402 unique paths crossing beneath the Newberry site. 

Tags: cross-correlation, egs, geophysics, geothermal, model, newberry, reservoir, seismic-velocity, velocity
Organization: Department of Energy
Project HOTSPOT: Kimberly Well Borehole Geophysics Database

The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurface stratigraphy and assess geothermal potential. Over 5.9km of core were drilled from three boreholes within the SRP in an attempt to acquire continuous core documenting the volcanic and sedimentary record of the hotspot: (1) Kimama, (2) Kimberly, and (3) Mountain Home. The Kimberly drill hole was selected to document continuous volcanism when analysed in conjunction with the Kimama and is located near the margin of the plain.

Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

Tags: borehole, borehole-geophysics, borehole-log, downhole, downhole-geophysics, gamma-ray, geochemistry, geophysics, geothermal, idaho, image-log, kimberly, magnetic-susceptibility, neutron, potassium, pressure, project-hotspot, resistivity, seismic, snake-river-plain, sonic, srp, temperature, thorium, uranium, well-data, yellowstone-hotspot
Organization: Department of Energy
Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database

The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurface stratigraphy and assess geothermal potential. Over 5.9km of core were drilled from three boreholes within the SRP in an attempt to acquire continuous core documenting the volcanic and sedimentary record of the hotspot: (1) Kimama, (2) Kimberly, and (3) Mountain Home. The Mountain Home drill hole is located along the western plain and documents older basalts overlain by sediment. 
Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

Tags: borehole, borehole-geophysics, borehole-log, dowhnhole-geophysics, gamma-ray, geochemistry, geophysics, geothermal, idaho, image-log, magnetic-susceptibility, mountain-home, neutron, potassium, pressure, project-hotspot, resistivity, snake-river-plain, srp, temperature, thorium, uranium, well-data, yellowstone-hotspot
Organization: Department of Energy
Project HOTSPOT: Kimberly Well Core Photos

The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurface stratigraphy and assess geothermal potential. Over 5.9km of core were drilled from three boreholes within the SRP in an attempt to acquire continuous core documenting the volcanic and sedimentary record of the hotspot: (1) Kimama, (2) Kimberly, and (3) Mountain Home. The Kimberly drill hole was selected to document continuous volcanism when analysed in conjunction with the Kimama and is located near the margin of the plain. This submission includes photos of the core samples taken from the Kimberly drill hole.
Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

*Note - The archive file "Photos.zip" contains all of the photos associated with this submission in a more easily downloaded format

Tags: borehole-geophysics, continuous-volcanism, core, core-sample, downhole-geophysics, drilling, geothermal, idaho, kimberly, photo-core-log, photos, project-hotspot, snake-river-plain, srp, well-data, yellowstone-hotspot
Organization: Department of Energy
January 2014 Dixie Valley Binary Cycle Production Data Report

DOE Report of the binary cycle production data from Dixie Valley for January, 2014. Includes summarized data, operations, outages, and curtailments in order to support the techno-economic feasibility of utilizing the available unused heat to generate additional electric power from a binary power plant from the low-temperature brine at the Dixie Valley Geothermal Power Plant.

Tags: binary, binary-cycle, binary-power-plant, birne, bottoming, dixie-valley, geothermal, low-temperature, production-report, sumamry, supercritical-cycle, unused-heat, waste-water
Organization: Department of Energy
January 2014 Dixie Valley Binary Cycle Production Data

Dixie Valley production data for January 2014, for a DOE Report. Used to demonstrate the techno-economic feasibility of utilizing the available unused heat to generate additional electric power from a binary power plant.
*Note - This data is incomplete. See link below "Monthly Production Data September 2014" for more complete data set.

Tags: binary, binary-cycle, binary-power-plant, bottoming, bottoming-cycle, brine, dixie-valley, geothermal, low-temperature, nevada, production-data, raw-data, unused-heat
Organization: Department of Energy
Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies

The objective of advanced drilling and logging technologies is to promote ways and means to reduce the cost of geothermal drilling through an integrated effort which involves developing an understanding of geothermal drilling and logging needs, elucidating best practices, and fostering an environment and mechanisms to share methods and means to advance the state of the art. Drilling is an essential and expensive part of geothermal exploration, development, and utilization. Drilling, logging, and completing geothermal wells are expensive because of high temperatures and hard, fractured formations. The consequences of reducing cost are often impressive, because drilling and well completion can account for more than half of the capital cost for a geothermal power project.

The objectives of Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies are:
1. Quantitatively understand geothermal drilling costs from around the world and identify ways to reduce those costs, while maintaining or enhancing productivity.
2. Identify and develop new and improved technologies for significantly reducing the cost of geothermal well construction to lower the cost of electricity and/or heat produced with geothermal resources.
3. Inform the international geothermal community about these drilling technologies.
4. Provide a vehicle for international cooperation, field tests, etc. toward the development and demonstration of improved geothermal drilling and logging technologies.


Tags: 2012, annex-vii, annual-report, drilling, geothermal, gia, iea, logging, techniques
Organization: Department of Energy
Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Core and Drill Site Photos

The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurface stratigraphy and assess geothermal potential. Over 5.9km of core were drilled from three boreholes within the SRP in an attempt to acquire continuous core documenting the volcanic and sedimentary record of the hotspot: (1) Kimama, (2) Kimberly, and (3) Mountain Home. The Mountain Home drill hole is located along the western plain and documents older basalts overlain by sediment. This submission includes photos of the core samples taken from the Mountain Home drill hole.
Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

*Note - The archive file "MH Photos.zip" contains all of the photos associated with this submission in a more easily downloaded format

Tags: borehole-geophysics, continuous-volcanism, core, core-log, core-sample, downhole-geophysics, drilling, geothermal, idaho, mountain-home, photo-core-log, photos, project-hotspot, snake-river-plain, srp, well-data, yellowstone-hotspot
Organization: Department of Energy
Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Core and Drill Site Photos

The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurface stratigraphy and assess geothermal potential. Over 5.9km of core were drilled from three boreholes within the SRP in an attempt to acquire continuous core documenting the volcanic and sedimentary record of the hotspot: (1) Kimama, (2) Kimberly, and (3) Mountain Home. The Kimama drill site was set up to acquire a continuous record of basaltic volcanism along the central volcanic axis and to test the extent of geothermal resources beneath the Snake River aquifer. This submission includes photos of the core samples taken from the Kimberly drill hole.
Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

*Note - The archive file "kimPhotos.zip" contains all of the photos associated with this submission in a more easily downloaded format

Tags: borehole-geophysics, continuous-volcanism, core, core-sample, downhole-geophysics, drilling, geothermal, idaho, kimama, photo-core-log, photos, project-hotspot, snake-river-plain, srp, well-data, yellowstone-hotspot
Organization: Department of Energy
Project HOTSPOT: Kimama Well Borehole Geophysics Database

The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurface stratigraphy and assess geothermal potential. Over 5.9km of core were drilled from three boreholes within the SRP in an attempt to acquire continuous core documenting the volcanic and sedimentary record of the hotspot: (1) Kimama, (2) Kimberly, and (3) Mountain Home. The Kimama drill site was set up to acquire a continuous
record of basaltic volcanism along the central volcanic axis and to test the extent of geothermal resources beneath the Snake River aquifer.

Data submitted by project collaborator Doug Schmitt, University of Alberta

Tags: borehole, borehole-geophysics, borehole-log, downhole, downhole-geophysics, gamma-ray, geopysics, geothermal, idaho, image-log, kimama, magnetic-susceptibility, neutron, pressure, project-hotspot, resistivity, seismic, snake-river-plain, sonic, srp, temperature, well-data, yellowstone-hotspot
Organization: Department of Energy
March 2014 Dixie Valley Binary Cycle Monthly Production Data for the Bottoming Cycle Binary System

Generation Data for March, 2014. Used to demonstrate the techno-economic feasibility of utilizing the available unused heat to generate additional electric power from a binary power plant. Data includes Brine Flow, Brine Return Temperature, Brine Supply Temperature, Generation Output, Net Generation, Parasitic Loss, and Dry Bulb Temperature.

Tags: bianry, binary-cycle, binary-power-plant, bottoming, bottoming-cycle, brine, dixie-valley, energy, geothermal, low-temperature, nevada, power-plant, production-data, unused-heat
Organization: Department of Energy
Stimulation at Desert Peak -Modeling with the Coupled THM Code FEHM

Numerical modeling of the 2011 shear stimulation at the Desert Peak Well 27-15 using a coupled thermal-hydrological-mechanical simulator. This submission contains the finite element heat and mass transfer (FEHM) executable code for a 64-bit PC Windows-7 machine, and the input and output files for the results presented in the included paper from ARMA-2013 meeting.

Tags: egs, fehm, geothermal, modeling, shear-stimulation, simulation, stimulation, thermal-hydrological-mechanical, thm
Organization: Department of Energy
High-Pressure Combustion and Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Ethylene/Nitrous Oxide Mixtures

In this paper, the combustion of nitrous oxide with a simple hydrocarbon, ethylene, at high initial pressures is investigated.  A series of experiments were conducted using a stoichiometric C2H4-N2O mixture in a round, smooth-walled tube with initial pressures of 125 to 337 psi.  A low-energy ignition mechanism (heated wire) to prevent direct initiation of a detonation, and the flame acceleration and subsequent deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) was observed.  According to Joannon (1991), one of the critical parameters that determines the detonability of given gas mixture is the initial pressure, and so the effect of pressure on DDT was examined.

Tags: combustion, deflagration, detonation, ethylene, ethylene-nitrous-oxide-mixtures, geothermal, high-pressure, hydrocarbon, nitrous-oxide, report, stoichiometry
Organization: Department of Energy
Archuleta County CO Lineaments

This layer traces apparent topographic and air-photo lineaments in the area around Pagosa springs in Archuleta County, Colorado. It was made in order to identify possible fault and fracture systems that might be conduits for geothermal fluids.
Geothermal fluids commonly utilize fault and fractures in competent rocks as conduits for fluid flow. Geothermal exploration involves finding areas of high near-surface temperature gradients, along with a suitable plumbing system that can provide the necessary permeability. Geothermal power plants can sometimes be built where temperature and flow rates are high.

To do this, georeferenced topographic maps and aerial photographs were utilized in an existing GIS, using ESRI ArcMap 10.0 software. The USA_Topo_Maps and World_Imagery map layers were chosen from the GIS Server at server.arcgisonline.com, using a UTM Zone 13 NAD27 projection. This line shapefile was then constructed over that which appeared to be through-going structural lineaments in both the aerial photographs and topographic layers, taking care to avoid manmade features such as roads, fence lines, and right-of-ways. These lineaments may be displaced somewhat from their actual location, due to such factors as shadow effects with low sun angles in the aerial photographs.

Note: This shape file was constructed as an aid to geothermal exploration in preparation for a site visit for field checking. We make no claims as to the existence of the lineaments, their location, orientation, and nature.


Tags: arcgis, archuleta-county, colorado, data, exploration, fault, flow-test, fracture, geospatial, geospatial-data, geothermal, geothermal-fluids, gis, lineaments, shape-file, shapefile, systems
Organization: Department of Energy
ASTER Thermal Anomalies in Western Colorado

This layer contains the areas identified as areas of anomalous surface temperature from ASTER satellite imagery. The temperature is calculated using the Emissivity Normalization Algorithm that separate temperature from emissivity. Areas that had temperature greater than 2o, and areas with temperature equal to 1o to 2o, were considered ASTER modeled very warm and warm surface exposures (thermal anomalies), respectively

Note: 'o' is used in place of lowercase sigma in this description.


Tags: algorithm, anomaly-detection, arcgis, aster, colorado, geospatial, geospatial-data, geothermal, gis, remote-sensing, shape-file, shapefile, surface-anomaly, surface-exposures, surface-temperature, thermal-anomalies
Organization: Department of Energy