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Technology for combined steam displacement and energy extraction of dry hot rock geothermal resources
Dry hot rock extracts energy efficiently and without disturbance, and self-lifting has zero pollution.
Type
Engineering
Tags
Energy
Energy utilization
Steam drive and energy extraction
Geothermal resources
Solution maturity
Development / Pilot validation
Cooperation methods
Overall transfer
Technology licensing
Joint venture cooperation
Technology shares
Applicable industry
Manufacturing
Applications
Energy
Key innovations
The innovation of this dry-hot rock geothermal technology is that there is no need for complex fracturing to avoid earthquakes and pollution; the heat transfer medium circulates in the closed wellbore, without corrosion and scaling, and does not carry harmful substances; the vaporization pressure difference is used to achieve self-lifting, significantly reducing energy consumption; the internal heat insulation pipe design effectively reduces heat losses and greatly improves heat extraction efficiency
Potential economic benefits
This technology can save engineering costs, reduce operating energy consumption, improve heat extraction efficiency, reduce equipment corrosion and pollution treatment expenses, and bring significant economic benefits.
Potential climate benefits
This technology efficiently uses hot rock geothermal resources, provides clean energy instead of fossil fuels, and directly and significantly reduces carbon emissions. It reduces operating energy consumption and improves heat extraction efficiency, further enhancing the low-carbon benefits of power generation.
Solution supplier
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China University of Petroleum (East China)
China University of Petroleum (East China)
China University of Petroleum (East China) is a key university focusing on the field of energy and chemical industry, cultivating high-level talents, and serving the national energy strategy.
China
Solution details

 The  heavy-heat linkage steam displacement and energy extraction technology for dry hot rock geothermal resources has the following advantages: 1) No complex fracturing operations are required, which is less difficult to realize, saves economic costs, and avoids the connection problem of fractures between traditional EGS wells and fracturing-induced earthquakes; 2) The heat transfer medium circulates heat exchange in the closed wellbore and does not come into direct contact with the formation. On the one hand, the problems of equipment corrosion and scaling are avoided. On the other hand, the heat transfer medium will not carry a large amount of minerals or harmful substances to the ground., so that it will not cause pollution; 3) After the liquid heat transfer working medium absorbs geothermal heat and is vaporized, a pressure difference occurs in the wellbore between the injected liquid heat transfer working medium and the vaporized gaseous heat transfer working medium, and the vaporized heat transfer working medium returns under the action of the pressure difference. Therefore, there is no need to use conveying equipment to lift the hot fluid, reducing energy consumption; 4) The upper insulating heat extraction pipe, the lower insulating heat extraction pipe and the heat conduction and heat transfer pipe are all located inside the geothermal single well, which effectively reduces heat loss during the heat extraction process and greatly improves the heat extraction efficiency. At the same time, the heat transfer working medium is completely recycled, and there will be no problem of loss of heat extraction efficiency caused by the loss of heat transfer working medium.

 (This achievement was released by the Technology Transfer Office of Qingdao Universities and Institutions)

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11:52:34, Nov 04, 2025
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