Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Geothermal Energy Resources

1238285加州大学戴维斯分校；彼得·希夫曼1238347内华达大学雷诺分校；温迪·卡尔文拟议的地热资源中心旨在将研究重点放在具有成功应对行业确定的主要挑战的高潜力课题上，并为学生提供培养对地热研究的兴趣和专业知识的教育机会。这项研究工作将由加州大学戴维斯分校(UCD)作为牵头机构，与内华达大学雷诺分校(UNR)合作。尽管地热能潜力巨大，但与其他可再生能源技术相比，它的发展一直很缓慢。已确定扩大地热能应用的关键挑战是无法瞄准地下资源(S)。然而，在过去十年中，高性能计算、三维可视化以及地球物理和地球化学分析已被确定为应对这一挑战的可能解决方案。这些技术和其他技术正在迅速成熟，可为推动(1)地热资源勘探、(2)已知地热油藏的生产和管理以及(3)地热能源研究前沿等广泛专题的研究提供强有力的工具。UCD和UNR的教职员工和学生研究人员与产业界合作，有能力通过地热能源资源的这一拟议的I/UCRC推进地热资源的利用。在地热能资源方面的独立/联合研究将促进开发新的勘探和储藏管理技术，以增加钻探生产井的确定性，从而降低勘探的财务风险。地热资源国际/城市资源研究中心将提供一个充满活力的场所，促进工业界、学术研究人员、研究生和本科生之间的互动。拟议中心的目标是将研究重点放在具有成功应对行业确定的主要挑战的高潜力的专题上，并为学生提供培养对地热研究的兴趣和专门知识的教育机会。拟建的中心还希望与国际地热界接触，例如通过冰岛和其他地方现有的研究合作。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC for Geothermal Energy Resources 1238285 University of California-Davis; Peter Schiffman 1238347 University of Nevada Reno; Wendy Calvin The proposed Center for Geothermal Energy Resources aims to focus research efforts on topics with a high potential for successfully addressing industry-identified major challenges, as well as to provide educational opportunities for students to develop interest and expertise in geothermal studies. The research efforts will be anchored by the University of California-Davis (UCD) as the lead institution, partnered with the University of Nevada Reno (UNR). Despite its potential, the development of geothermal energy has been slow relative to other renewable energy technologies. The critical challenge in expanding geothermal energy applications has been identified as the inability to target the sub-surface resource(s). Over the past decade, however, high performance computing, three-dimensional visualization, and geo-physical and geo-chemical analyses have been identified as possible solutions to address this challenge. These and other techniques are rapidly maturing and could provide powerful tools in advancing research in the broad topics of (1) geothermal resource exploration, (2) the production and management of known geothermal reservoirs, and (3) the frontiers of geothermal energy research. Faculty and student researchers at UCD and UNR, in partnership with industry, have the ability to advance the utilization of geothermal resources through this proposed I/UCRC in geothermal energy resources. An I/UCRC in geothermal energy resources would promote development of new exploration and reservoir management techniques to increase the certainty in drilling productive boreholes, thus reducing the financial risk of exploration. An I/UCRC in geothermal energy resources would provide an energetic venue within which interaction could be fostered amongst industry, academic researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students. The goal of the proposed Center would be to focus research efforts on topics with a high potential for successfully addressing industry-identified major challenges, as well as to provide educational opportunities for students to develop interest and expertise in geothermal studies. The proposed Center would also hope to engage the international geothermal community, e.g., through existing research collaborations in Iceland and elsewhere.