Heavy silica scaling in a geothermal reinjection pipe (supply: Geo40)
The US Division of Vitality has a funding alternative for small companies doing analysis on geothermal scale inhibition, amongst different subsurface matters.
The US Division of Vitality has introduced a funding alternative for small enterprise conducting analysis associated to a few subsurface-related matters:
- Scaling inhibition in geothermal programs;
- Growth of sensors and programs for subsurface electromagnetic monitoring to observe the areas of deep subsurface CO2 plumes; and
- Growth of recent digital instruments for the conceptual design and planning of CO2 conditioning gear to mitigate extra oxygen in CO2 transport programs.
This funding is below the DOE’s Small Enterprise Innovation Analysis (SBIR) and Small Enterprise Know-how Switch (STTR) Packages. The utmost award quantity program for matters below the class C59-10 (Superior Subsurface Applied sciences) is $200,000 for Section 1 and $1.1 million for Section 2.
Letters of intent are due on the twenty seventh of August 2024 and full purposes must be submitted by the eighth of October 2024.
Particularly with reference to geothermal scale inhibition, the Geothermal Applied sciences Workplace (GTO) is searching for tasks that exhibit elevated effectiveness in comparison with present state-of-the-art inhibition strategies when it comes to effectiveness, effectivity, price, and environmental impression. This might contain chemical therapies, superior supplies akin to superhydrophobic coatings, or different means.
Purposes should be attentive to the subtopic of bettering inhibition of mineral scaling inside geothermal programs. Purposes specializing in scale mitigation or elimination through conventional applied sciences, floor supply warmth pumps, direct use purposes, or gathering of information that isn’t of curiosity below this subtopic through floor/downhole sensors might be deemed non-responsive.
A funding alternative below the identical program, below the subject of superior information assortment for geothermal exploration, was introduced in early 2024. Two small enterprise have been awarded grants for Section 1 of that funding spherical, specifically South Carolina-based Atlas Vitality Ltd. Co. and Arizona-based Zonge Engineering and Analysis Group, Inc.
Supply: US Division of Vitality
