Energy Return On Investment of Engineered Geothermal Systems Data

Description

The project provides an updated Energy Return on Investment (EROI) for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Results incorporate Argonne National Laboratory's Life Cycle Assessment and base case assumptions consistent with other projects in the Analysis subprogram. EROI is a ratio of the energy delivered to the consumer to the energy consumed to build, operate, and decommission the facility. EROI is important in assessing the viability of energy alternatives. Currently EROI analyses of geothermal energy are either out-of-date, of uncertain methodology, or presented online with little supporting documentation. This data set is a collection of files documenting data used to calculate the Energy Return On Investment (EROI) of Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) and erratum to publications prior to the final report. Final report is available below, or from the OSTI web site (http://www.osti.gov/geothermal/). Data in this collections includes the well designs used, input parameters for GETEM, a discussion of the energy needed to haul materials to the drill site, the baseline mud program, and a summary of the energy needed to drill each of the well designs. EROI is the ratio of the energy delivered to the customer to the energy consumed to construct, operate, and decommission the facility. Whereas efficiency is the ratio of the energy delivered to the customer to the energy extracted from the reservoir.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
53 GETEM inputs and other parameters. https://gdr.openei.org/files/179/Parameters-v.xlsx
21 Link to the final report which this data is associated with. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/162
53 Well designs used to analyze EGS EROI. https://gdr.openei.org/files/179/Well%20Designs-v.xlsx
33 Corrections to prior publications included in a report done in 2012/12/10. https://gdr.openei.org/files/179/EGS%20EROI%20Erratum%202012-12-10.pdf
33 Baseline mud program used to establish rules of thumb for mud materials needed for individual wells. https://gdr.openei.org/files/179/Mud%20Program.pdf
53 Analysis of energy needed to haul materials to the drill site. https://gdr.openei.org/files/179/Haulage-v.xlsx
53 Summary of energy needed to construct the well designs outlined in the well designs data. https://gdr.openei.org/files/179/Well%20Construction%20Summary-v.xlsx

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  • trucking
  • engineered-geothermal-system
  • assessment
  • efficiency
  • getem
  • egs
  • eroi
  • net
  • casing
  • bentonite
  • enhanced-geothermal-system
  • engineered
  • inputs
  • economic
  • return
  • diameter
  • energy-return-on-investment
  • wells
  • investment
  • payback
  • materials
  • economics
  • polymers
  • cement
  • depth
  • geothermal
  • energy
  • fuel

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