Licensable Technologies : Engineering : Plasma

Geothermal Energy Production with Supercritical Fluids

Abstract
Supercritical carbon dioxide can be used in place of water for developing underground geothermal energy reservoirs and for "mining" the geothermal energy.

IP Status: Available both Exclusively and Non Exclusively

Reference Number: 552

S Number: DOE reference no.(s): 91,734

Patents & Applications:
United States National Patent Number 6668554 Issued on 12/30/2003

Posted: 10-01-2004

Contact
John Russell
Technology Transfer Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MailStop C334
(505) 665-3941
jrussell@lanl.gov