Author: Pam Frost Gorder
Publication: Science Daily
Date: 12.12.2013
The researchers from the University of Minnesota, Ohio State University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have joined together in order to develop new ways of using geothermal heat to produce renewable energy. They have established a very promising design which uses carbon dioxide in order to generate heat which would usually be emitted to the atmosphere and thus contribute to climate change.
The new design is a mixture of a typical geothermal power plant, and a large Hardon Collider. It is made up of concentric rings of horizontal wells that are deep underground. Inside of these rings, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water all circulate separately in order to take heat from under the ground and pull it to the surface. Here, the heat is used for turning turbines and generating electricity. A snippet of the interview with Jeffrey Bielicki is present in the article and he states that CO2 extracts heat more efficiently than water. This design is believed to be excellent in storing energy and extracting heat as it may take away as much as 15 million tons of carbon dioxide a year. This is roughly equivalent to the amount produced by three medium sized coal-fired power plants in the same time.
The new design is a mixture of a typical geothermal power plant, and a large Hardon Collider. It is made up of concentric rings of horizontal wells that are deep underground. Inside of these rings, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water all circulate separately in order to take heat from under the ground and pull it to the surface. Here, the heat is used for turning turbines and generating electricity. A snippet of the interview with Jeffrey Bielicki is present in the article and he states that CO2 extracts heat more efficiently than water. This design is believed to be excellent in storing energy and extracting heat as it may take away as much as 15 million tons of carbon dioxide a year. This is roughly equivalent to the amount produced by three medium sized coal-fired power plants in the same time.
The researchers are hopeful and believe that their idea will spread quickly throughout the United States. They are very optimistic as it has been found that the technology needed to begin using this tool is already present in some industries around the states.
I believe that this design is incredibly helpful as renewable energy will now be delivered directly to the customers when it is needed, rather than when the wind happens to be blowing, or when spring thaw causes the greatest runoff. These geothermal resources and new advances in science and technology can reduce greenhouse emission, enhance renewable energy production and then store that energy for when it is needed most. I chose to write about this article because I found it incredibly interesting upon learning about the "Resources" and "Pollution" unit this quarter.
I believe that this design is incredibly helpful as renewable energy will now be delivered directly to the customers when it is needed, rather than when the wind happens to be blowing, or when spring thaw causes the greatest runoff. These geothermal resources and new advances in science and technology can reduce greenhouse emission, enhance renewable energy production and then store that energy for when it is needed most. I chose to write about this article because I found it incredibly interesting upon learning about the "Resources" and "Pollution" unit this quarter.
I think that is a good idea, but it is something totally new so the problem is who will invest money in research, only US government? I doubt that any business man would.
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