| Evaluating Heat Extraction Performance of Closed-Loop Geothermal Systems with Thermally Conductive Enhancements in Conduction-Only Reservoirs |
Koenraad BECKERS, Adam KETCHUM, Chad AUGUSTINE |
Emerging Technology |
closed-loop geothermal, advanced geothermal systems, thermal enhancements |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2024 |
English |
| The Rheology of Temperature-Responsive Volume-Phase Transition Hydrogels for the Improved Thermal Performance and Lifetime of GeoThermal Reservoirs |
Aaron BAXTER, Adam HAWKINS, Danni TANG, Uli WIESNER, Patrick FULTON, Jefferson TESTER, Sarah HORMOZI |
Emerging Technology |
Premature thermal breakthrough, short circuit, hydrogel, yield stress, hydraulic control, viscosity |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2024 |
English |
| Heat Extraction Processes Using Unconventional Geothermal Technologies (GreenLoop) Applied in Different Reservoir Types |
Alvaro AMAYA, Harish CHANDRASEKAR, Saul MOLINA, Steven BROWN, Joseph SCHERER |
Emerging Technology |
unconventional geothermal technologies, closed-loop geothermal systems, geothermal well retrofit solutions |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2024 |
English |
| Rheology and Flow Visualization of Temperature-Responsive Microgels and Their Potential for Geothermal Reservoir Management |
Aaron M. BAXTER, Danni TANG, Adam J. HAWKINS, Ulrich B. WIESNER, Patrick M. FULTON, Jefferson W. TESTER, Frederic BLANC, Sarah HORMOZI |
Emerging Technology |
rheology, suspensions, hydrogel, short-circuit |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Bayesian Optimization of MMW Beam Ablation Under Material Uncertainties |
Adriano CASABLANCA, Katerina ADAMOPOULOU, Franck MONMONT, Nikos NIKIFORAKIS |
Emerging Technology |
MMW ablation, Bayesian optimization, optimization under uncertainty, computational physics |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Reaction Kinetics Control of Alkaline Activated Materials by Activator Encapsulated Microcapsules for EGS Well Construction |
Chun CHANG, Seiji NAKAGAWA, Qi ZHENG, Haimei ZHENG |
Emerging Technology |
Enhanced Geothermal System; High temperature cement; Microfluidics; Encapsulated microcapsules; Reaction Kinetics Control |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Water-Based Geothermal Binary Cycles |
Daniel DICHTER |
Emerging Technology |
water, binary, cycle, utilization, efficiency, superhot rock, SHR, organic Rankine cycle, ORC, optimization, working fluid, heat exchanger, steam, turbine, exergy, stage, blade, LSB |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Enhancing Thermal Efficiency in Super-Hot Geothermal Systems: Optimizing Premium Connections for Advanced Vacuum Insulated Tubulars |
Corey DUFRENE, Jerome SFEIR, Elizabeth CAMBRE, Axel PIERRE BOIS |
Emerging Technology |
Vacuum Insulated Tubing, VIT, EGS, Enhanced Geothermal, AGS, Advanced Geothermal, Geothermal, thermal insulation |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Drilling Target Mapping at Newberry with Passive Seismic Permeable Fracture Imaging (PFI) |
Jeff EPPING, Tom FLEURE, Peter MALIN, Austin MATHEWS, William McLAIN, Charles SICKING, Anastasia STROUJKOVA |
Emerging Technology |
mapping geothermal drilling targets, passive seismic, Permeable Fracture Imaging |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Gaps, Challenges, and Pathways Forward for Superhot Rock Geothermal: Summary Report |
Jenna HILL, Terra ROGERS, Megan SEVER |
Emerging Technology |
superhot rock geothermal, siting, characterization, drilling, power production, well completion, heat extraction |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Microcapsule Transport in Porous Media for Treatment of Non-Ideal Flow Zones |
William KIBIKAS, Joshua TAFOYA, John STORMONT |
Emerging Technology |
thermal short-circuiting, microcapsules, porous media, experimental testing |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Advective Flow in a Conductivity-Dominated Crust: an Example from FORGE |
Peter LEARY, Peter MALIN |
Emerging Technology |
Large permeability structures, advective zones, FORGE, Permeable Fracture Imaging (PFI) |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Horizontal Hydrothermal Wells: an Idea Whose Time Has Come |
Greg LEVEILLE |
Emerging Technology |
hydrothermal, horizontal wells, exploration, development, fishbone, well geometry |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| GeoGym: a Benchmark Dataset for Evaluating Geothermal Exploration Strategies |
Zhouji LIANG, Sofia Cecilia BRISSON, Ahinoam POLLACK, Robin THIBAUT, Junjie YU |
Emerging Technology |
database, simulation, artificial intelligence, modeling |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| White Paper on Reykjavik Energy‘s Deep Utilization Plans |
Arna PÃLSDÓTTIR, Pálmar SIGURÃSSON, Dario Ingi DI RIENZO, ÃsdÃs BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR |
Emerging Technology |
Deep drilling, superhot geothermal, Hengill, IDDP, EGS, enhanced geothermal systems, injection |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| The Lithium Valley Project |
Eva SCHILL, Margaret M. BUSSE, William T. STRINGFELLOW, John O’SULLIVAN, Margaret SLATTERY, Peter NICO, Michael A. MCKIBBEN, Maryjo BROUNCE, Patrick DOBSON and The Lithium Valley Team |
Emerging Technology |
lithium, reservoir modeling, water consumption |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Geologic Thermal Energy Storage (GeoTES) - Technology Demonstration |
Mike UMBRO, Eric BERGER, Paul HARNESS, Frank LAWRENCE, Loren J LEDERHOS |
Emerging Technology |
GeoTES, Geologic, thermal, energy, storage, geothermal, oil, reservoir, reliable, affordable, clean, dispatchable, power, transition, concentrated, solar, long, duration, carbon, emissions |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Lessons Learned from AskGDR: Usage and Impact Analysis of the Geothermal Data Repository's AI Research Assistant |
Jon WEERS, Nicole TAVERNA, Slater PODGORNY, Jay HUGGINS |
Emerging Technology |
Geothermal, data, repository, management, community, engagement, features, enhancements, open, access, GDR, OpenEI, DOE, ELM, NREL, discoverability, usability, accessibility, innovation, metadata, artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, ML, large language model, LLM |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Reducing Data Center Peak Cooling Demand and Energy Costs with Underground Thermal Energy Storage (UTES) |
Jeffrey WINICK, Guangdong ZHU, Kevin KITZ, Andy ADAMS |
Emerging Technology |
Data Centers, Grid, AI, UTES, RTES, BTES, closed loop, VPP |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Development of Passive Cooling Mechanisms for Acoustic Well Logging Tool Survival in High-Temperature High-Pressure Geothermal Environments |
Marcus ELLIOTT, Jamil El MASRY, Cristian PANTEA, Anthony OLIVETT, Eric DAVIS |
Emerging Technology |
phase change material, thermal, energy storage, well logging, high-temperature high-pressure, casing integrity |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |