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Mining the Earth's Heat
Brown, Donald W.; Duchane, David V.; Heiken, Grant; Hriscu, Vivi Thomas
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Paperback. Num Pages: 658 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1021.
Mining the Earth's Heat: Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy describes the work carried out by the Los Alamos National Laboratory to turn an idealistic concept - that of drawing useful amounts of energy from the vast underground store of hot rock at reachable depths - into a practical reality. This book provides comprehensive documentation of the over two decades of experiments carried out at the test site at Fenton Hill, New Mexico, where the feasibility of accessing and extracting this vast natural resource was finally demonstrated. It also discusses the numerous technical, administrative, and financial hurdles that had to be ... Read more
Mining the Earth's Heat: Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy describes the work carried out by the Los Alamos National Laboratory to turn an idealistic concept - that of drawing useful amounts of energy from the vast underground store of hot rock at reachable depths - into a practical reality. This book provides comprehensive documentation of the over two decades of experiments carried out at the test site at Fenton Hill, New Mexico, where the feasibility of accessing and extracting this vast natural resource was finally demonstrated. It also discusses the numerous technical, administrative, and financial hurdles that had to be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
658
Condition
New
Number of Pages
658
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642439452
SKU
V9783642439452
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99-15
About Brown, Donald W.; Duchane, David V.; Heiken, Grant; Hriscu, Vivi Thomas
Donald W. Brown was instrumental in the establishment, in 1971, of the very successful Hot Dry Rock (HDR) Geothermal Energy Program at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He directed the early geological and geophysical reconnaissance work in the Jemez Mountains, directed the drilling and testing program in the ... Read more
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