Plasmabit from GA drilling has the advantage because it is directional. They also borrowed technology from NASA for their controls and sensors. Eavor has bored down to 250°C rock in New Mexico. Now they need to go deep enough to get 400°C super critical steam.
Hey if you are looking for a challenge I want to recommend Minnesota! We are probably going to physically be the hardest state to do it in, so if you can do it here you can do it anywhere :). Would make a great proving ground, and our state would likely be eager to see you guys succeed.
They chose Germany for the first comercial power plant. The facility is currently under construction. It is in Geretsried in Bavaria. Little bit south of Munich.
Seems very practical as a renewable technology. Several years ago I read research papers that outlined tests by the US-Dept of Energy and also the US National Parks Service that used laser heated Tungsten drill heads that melted their way thru solid rock considerably faster than traditional rotary diamond head drilling. The added benefit was the technique left a sealed hard glass bore hole. Perhaps Eavor could evaluate whether this drilling process might be helpful at greater depths where traditional rotary heads have a more difficult time, precisely because the rock is hotter (and maybe the steel drill casing gets weaker due to the higher temps. This advantage over traditional drilling was cited by the research papers mentioned above.
They have a new drilling techique called flash cooling. Sudden cooling creates microfractures in the rock, making it easier to drill through. Who knows if some combination of that with the method you cited could work?
Exactly.. They can get what, maybe 2 MW off of one Eavor loop? If you could increase depth to where Quaise is aiming for, it could be something more like 20-30 MW per loop. Also, at that depth you might even be able to add some crazy stuff like using supercritical c02 as your medium giving you even better efficiency.
Not even the same technology. I get what you mean but that is not what fracking is. Fracking is drilling 2 wells and pressurizing the wells so that cracks form between the two wells connecting the two.
This is the future our world needs yesterday. Good luck to you.
Plasmabit from GA drilling has the advantage because it is directional. They also borrowed technology from NASA for their controls and sensors. Eavor has bored down to 250°C rock in New Mexico. Now they need to go deep enough to get 400°C super critical steam.
Hey if you are looking for a challenge I want to recommend Minnesota! We are probably going to physically be the hardest state to do it in, so if you can do it here you can do it anywhere :). Would make a great proving ground, and our state would likely be eager to see you guys succeed.
They chose Germany for the first comercial power plant.
The facility is currently under construction. It is in Geretsried in Bavaria. Little bit south of Munich.
@@Sinista123 Hey thanks for the reply, that's good to know.
Seems very practical as a renewable technology.
Several years ago I read research papers that outlined tests by the US-Dept of Energy and also the US National Parks Service that used laser heated Tungsten drill heads that melted their way thru solid rock considerably faster than traditional rotary diamond head drilling. The added benefit was the technique left a sealed hard glass bore hole. Perhaps Eavor could evaluate whether this drilling process might be helpful at greater depths where traditional rotary heads have a more difficult time, precisely because the rock is hotter (and maybe the steel drill casing gets weaker due to the higher temps. This advantage over traditional drilling was cited by the research papers mentioned above.
They have a new drilling techique called flash cooling. Sudden cooling creates microfractures in the rock, making it easier to drill through. Who knows if some combination of that with the method you cited could work?
LOVE Geothermal 🥰
How is the wellbore hermetically sealed ie the chemicals and what effect could they have?
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I think Eavor should team up with Quaise Energy or GA Drilling
Exactly.. They can get what, maybe 2 MW off of one Eavor loop? If you could increase depth to where Quaise is aiming for, it could be something more like 20-30 MW per loop. Also, at that depth you might even be able to add some crazy stuff like using supercritical c02 as your medium giving you even better efficiency.
How do you match the endpoint of one hole with the other's one ? closing the loop underground so deep looks challenging. Is it already done ?
Math. How do we build subway systems that meet within millimeters accuracy? Its one of the most trivial parts of this technology
At 1:32 I can't tell make out how many meters long are the angled wells.
How do you make electricity from warm water?
warm water is heated by the earth's geothermal gradient, turns it to steam, and that turns a turbine which generates electricity
Using a fluid with lower boiling point to drive the turbines
you make cool videos but that seems to be it, any news?
really,.but really expensive drilling up to 8000 meters deep from 4k to 8k it is really expensive
“Hermetically sealed well bore”
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Fracking industry used that LIE
Not even the same technology. I get what you mean but that is not what fracking is. Fracking is drilling 2 wells and pressurizing the wells so that cracks form between the two wells connecting the two.