Techno-economic performance of closed-loop geothermal systems for heat production and electricity generation

KF Beckers, N Rangel-Jurado, H Chandrasekar… - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Closed-loop geothermal systems, recently referred to as advanced geothermal systems
(AGS), have received renewed interest for geothermal heat and power production. These …

Techno-Economic feasibility of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) with partially bridging Multi-Stage fractures for district heating applications

P Yu, D Dempsey, R Archer - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Here, we investigate the techno-economic feasibility of an enhanced geothermal system
(EGS) for direct heating, using a new horizontal-well with partially-bridging fractures design …

GEOPHIRES v2. 0: updated geothermal techno-economic simulation tool

KF Beckers, K McCabe - Geothermal Energy, 2019 - Springer
This paper presents a new version (v2. 0) of the geothermal techno-economic simulation
tool GEOPHIRES [GEOthermal energy for Production of Heat and electricity (“IR”) …

FGEM: Flexible Geothermal Economics Modeling tool

MJ Aljubran, RN Horne - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Flexible energy resources are key for a reliable power supply in a decarbonized grid with a
significant fraction of variable power sources. Whereas the development of fossil fuel …

Hybrid ground-source heat pump systems for cooling-dominated applications: Experimental and numerical case-study of cooling for cellular tower shelters

KF Beckers, GA Aguirre, JW Tester - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Techno-economic performance of hybrid ground-source (geothermal) heat pump systems
for cooling-dominated applications has been investigated. An experimental hybrid ground …

Numerical investigation of closed-loop geothermal systems in deep geothermal reservoirs

M White, Y Vasyliv, K Beckers, M Martinez, P Balestra… - Geothermics, 2024 - Elsevier
Closed-loop geothermal systems (CLGSs) rely on circulation of a heat transfer fluid in a
closed-loop design without penetrating the reservoir to extract subsurface heat and bring it …

Hybrid geothermal heat pumps for cooling telecommunications data centers

DP Zurmuhl, MZ Lukawski, GA Aguirre, WR Law… - Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The technical and economic performance of hybrid geothermal heat pump (GHP) systems
supplying year-round cooling to small data centers were analyzed and compared to air …

[PDF][PDF] Update on geothermal direct-use installations in the United States

DM Snyder, KF Beckers… - Proceedings of forty …, 2017 - pangea.stanford.edu
Direct-use of geothermal energy currently has limited penetration in the United States, with
an estimated installed capacity of about 500 MWth, supplying on the order of 0.01% of the …

Introducing GEOPHIRES v2. 0: updated geothermal techno-economic simulation tool

KJ Beckers, K McCabe - 2018 - osti.gov
This paper presents an updated version of the geothermal techno-economic simulation tool
GEOPHIRES (GEOthermal Energy for Production of Heat and electricity (IR) Economically …

[PDF][PDF] Techno-Economic Analysis of Geothermal Deep Direct-Use Systems for District Heating and Cooling in West Point, NY, and Detroit, MI

H Oh, K Beckers, M Mitchell - Proceedings, 49th Workshop on …, 2024 - pangea.stanford.edu
This study evaluated techno-economic potential of geothermal deep direct-use (DDU)
systems for district-scale heating and cooling systems in West Point, NY, and Detroit, MI …