GreenFire Energy Demonstration, Coso, CA, USA, 2019
GreenFire Energy has authored, published, and presented a series of research papers regarding closed-loop geothermal, sCO2 power cycles and more. Most of these projects were conducted in close collaboration with national laboratories, major universities and experts in a wide variety of disciplines.
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New Opportunities and Applications for Closed-Loop Geothermal Energy Systems – Preprint
Andrew Van Horn, Alvaro Amaya, Brian Higgins, John Muir, Joe Scherer, Robert Pilko, Malcolm Ross
July 2020
California Energy Commission, Consultant Report: Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration Project
Joseph A. Scherer, Brian Higgins, John R. Muir, Alvaro Amaya
June 2020
GreenFire Energy Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as Working Fluid
Alvaro Amaya, Joseph Scherer, John Muir, Mehul Patel, and Brian Higgins
February 10-12, 2020
GreenFire Energy Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration at the Coso Geothermal Field
Brian Higgins, John Muir, Joe Scherer, and Alvaro Amaya
September, 2019
The Effect of Well Density on Resource Depletion for a Vertical Closed-Loop sCO2 Geothermal Well System
Don Fox and Brian Higgins
October 25, 2016
Process Modeling of a Closed-Loop sCO2 Geothermal Power Cycle
Brian Higgins
March 30, 2016
Numerical Simulation of Critical Factors Controlling Heat Extraction from Geothermal Systems Using a Closed-Loop Heat Exchange Method
Curtis M. Oldenburg, Lehua Pan, Mark P. Muir, Alan D. Eastman, and Brian S. Higgins
February 22-24, 2016
Is the Plastic Zone the New Geothermal Frontier? Geothermal Resources Council Bulletin
John R. Muir
May/June 2016
GreenFire Energy Presentation for CEC Clean Energy Workshop, Feb 18 2016
John R. Muir and Andrew J. Van Horn
February 18, 2016
Using Supercritical CO2 for Closed-Loop Geothermal
Brian Higgins
February 5, 2016