GeoThermOPTIMAL
Colorado School of Mines
GeoThermOPTIMAL is a research program devoted to the development of the tools and techniques to first create and then control a subsurface heat exchanger for enhanced geothermal system (EGS). The Colorado School of Mines is partnered with Tejas Research and Engineering and KSWC Engineering and Machining in a 3-year, $5.3 million DOE grant as part of the DOE-funded Utah-FORGE program. The objective is to develop EGS technology to serve as a reliable and inexpensive zero carbon power source.
The 11,959,666 patent issued on April 16, 2024
GeoThermOPTMIMAL – Like Fusion, but here and now.
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GeoThermOPTMIMAL
GeoThermOPTIMAL is three-year DOE funded project to develop and construct cost-effective hydraulic fracturing tools to enable zonal isolation for in the construction of a subsurface heat exchanger in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) field research at the Utah-FORGE site.
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1516 Illinois Street
Golden, CO 80401
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