Assessment of Low-Temperature Geothermal Resources in the United States
- Key words
- Exploration; USA; Low Temperature; Groundwater; Injection; Heat Flow; Thermal Conductivity
- Location
- United States
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1982
- Session
- Low temperature reservoirs; Exploration; Direct use; Reservo
- Language
- English
Abstract
A nationwide assessment of geothermal resources <90°c ahs recently been completed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Estimates were obtained of accessible resource base, resource, and beneficial heat for 1145 identified low temperature reservoir occurring in hydrothermal convection systems and conduction dominated system. For identified system, the nationwide total of thermal energy recoverable at the wellhead (resource) is estimated to be 82 x 10/18 J, from which a total beneficial heat of 39,000 MWt for 30 years could be obtained.
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