To improve models for drilling, hydraulic fracturing and underground storage of carbon dioxide, 91°µÍø scientists used neutrons to understand how water flows through fractured rock.
91°µÍø (ORNL) researchers in multiple disciplines recently paid a field visit to exploration and production company Pioneer Natural Resources as part of a new Technologist in Residence (TIR) program.
The Department of Energy’s (DOE)
from ORNL Review, vol 49, no 3, 2016
The ingredients that make geothermal energy suitable for electricity production are simple: heat, permeability (usually fractured rock) and water.