RE: So what happened?
July 25, 2019 at 12:07 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2019 at 12:11 pm by Peebothuhlu.)
I do get what you're saying Drich.
I just think there are some problems with your thinking in regards to the situation.
So. The hole was drilled for... I really don't know why. To test their gear for when they wanted to exploit other, possibly other.different oil bearing layers? *Shrug*
That it gets hotter the deeper one delve beneath the ground is not a phenomenon only known to drillers. Pretty sure there are some gold and diamond mines in Africa where the delve temperatures are also ridonculous at the depths in which they are extracting the metals or minerals.
In the case of pushing water down a deep bore hole. Well... it's not just going to suddenly get hot at the bottom. (Of course, various methods of insulation could be involved for added complesity and net energy loss to the system but again... *Shrug*) It;s going to have heat transferred into it all through its descent.
I do agree that putting water at into the hole to allow the latent heat of the planet to trun it into stream is a good idea.
The problem I see, As iterated by Anomalocaris, is that over time the surrounding rock's temperature eventually drops faster that the further surrounding material can radiate heat energy into it.
So, in effect, you are cooling a section of the Earth's mantle by 'drawing off' the heat in a certain spot.
Then, as I said, there the problem of cross connecting the bore holes.
Now, if you want to dig a shaft to such ridonculous depths and thence cross connect those? That's a lot more material and stresses involved. Hence a lot more expense. But, you'll agree, still a viable alternate method.
As for the 'Heat exchanger' thing? Again, you have to keep a high differential gradent between the two 'bits' (Layers? Levels?) to gain the most out of things. Something that'd seem pretty hard to do when everything at the depths we're talking about wants to be really hot. Again, youre potentially adding tons of extra complications with insulation etc.
Still, indeed, go geo-thermal power and wind power and solar power and atomic power. We should be using all the power we can and spreading it around to allow folks acces to cheaper costs for their utilites.
Cheers.
Not at work.
I just think there are some problems with your thinking in regards to the situation.
So. The hole was drilled for... I really don't know why. To test their gear for when they wanted to exploit other, possibly other.different oil bearing layers? *Shrug*
That it gets hotter the deeper one delve beneath the ground is not a phenomenon only known to drillers. Pretty sure there are some gold and diamond mines in Africa where the delve temperatures are also ridonculous at the depths in which they are extracting the metals or minerals.
In the case of pushing water down a deep bore hole. Well... it's not just going to suddenly get hot at the bottom. (Of course, various methods of insulation could be involved for added complesity and net energy loss to the system but again... *Shrug*) It;s going to have heat transferred into it all through its descent.
I do agree that putting water at into the hole to allow the latent heat of the planet to trun it into stream is a good idea.
The problem I see, As iterated by Anomalocaris, is that over time the surrounding rock's temperature eventually drops faster that the further surrounding material can radiate heat energy into it.
So, in effect, you are cooling a section of the Earth's mantle by 'drawing off' the heat in a certain spot.
Then, as I said, there the problem of cross connecting the bore holes.
Now, if you want to dig a shaft to such ridonculous depths and thence cross connect those? That's a lot more material and stresses involved. Hence a lot more expense. But, you'll agree, still a viable alternate method.
As for the 'Heat exchanger' thing? Again, you have to keep a high differential gradent between the two 'bits' (Layers? Levels?) to gain the most out of things. Something that'd seem pretty hard to do when everything at the depths we're talking about wants to be really hot. Again, youre potentially adding tons of extra complications with insulation etc.
Still, indeed, go geo-thermal power and wind power and solar power and atomic power. We should be using all the power we can and spreading it around to allow folks acces to cheaper costs for their utilites.
Cheers.
Not at work.
