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Hot Dry Rock CollectionMain MenuAt the Earth's CorePreliminary Study of the Nuclear SubterreneA Method of Extracting Heat from Dry Geothermal ReservoirsFenton Hill, New MexicoCandidate Sites for Future Hot Dry Rock Development in the United StatesHot Dry Rock: A Realistic Energy OptionMining the Earth’s Heat: Hot Dry Rock Geothermal EnergyCreditsJoshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library
Hot Dry Rock Overview
12017-03-20T13:13:15-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca901629426plain2017-03-22T07:52:45-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90The Hot Dry Rock (HDR) geothermal energy project at Fenton Hill, New Mexico, on the flank of the Valles Caldera, began in 1973. Four closely-spaced wells, including sidetracked sections, were drilled into Precambrian basement rock heated by the adjacent caldera. Subsurface hydraulic fracturing experiments created a geothermal reservoir in low-permeability plutonic and metamorphic rocks with a high geothermal gradient but no natural hydrothermal system. The drilling phase of the project was finished in 1987 with the establishment of an artificial fluid circulation system through the hydraulically fractured rock between two wells. This system is called the Phase II reservoir to distinguish it from the earlier-established and shallower Phase I system.
The HDR, or Hot Dry Rock, collection in Los Alamos Research Online presents the record of the Hot Dry Rock program at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The collection is comprised of informal documents, reports, journal and conference papers, and experimental data. The program was most active from 1970 to 1996.
This brief overview is compiled using reports and memos found in the collection.
*The collection will be updated by batch uploads until the entire, historical, collection is represented in the repository.
1media/2934825566_02c01d293c.jpgmedia/2934825566_02c01d293c.jpg2017-03-20T13:21:01-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90At the Earth's Core26plain2017-03-21T12:36:16-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90
1media/Vertical Shaft Rock Melter.png2017-03-20T13:34:32-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90Preliminary Study of the Nuclear Subterrene20plain2017-03-21T08:15:34-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90
1media/page1-350px-VallesGeothermalAreasMap.pdf.jpgmedia/page1-350px-VallesGeothermalAreasMap.pdf.jpg2017-03-20T14:00:11-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90Fenton Hill, New Mexico10plain2017-03-22T08:22:57-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90
1media/US3786858-1.png2017-03-20T14:09:40-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90A Method of Extracting Heat from Dry Geothermal Reservoirs10plain2017-03-21T07:19:46-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90
1media/Geothermal gradient.png2017-03-20T14:51:53-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90Hot Dry Rock: A Realistic Energy Option15plain2017-03-22T07:45:50-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90
1media/Mining Springer.jpgmedia/Mining the Earth's Heat.jpg2017-03-20T15:04:30-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90Mining the Earth’s Heat: Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy13plain2017-03-21T07:07:01-07:00Joshua Finnell57ae41618b76550ccf46776d4829c462ae03ca90
