Geothermal Technology Marketing Summaries

Here you’ll find marketing summaries of geothermal technologies available for licensing from U.S. Department of Energy laboratories and participating research institutions. The summaries provide descriptions of the technologies including their benefits, applications and industries, and development stage.

10 Technology Marketing Summaries
Category	Title and Abstract	Laboratories	Date
Electricity Transmission Geothermal Industrial Technologies	Fiber-Optic Long-Line Position Sensor Sandia National Laboratories has developed a side-emitting fiber optic position sensor and method of determining an unknown position of an object by using the sensor. Non-electrical position sensors like the one developed by Sandia are desirable for use in hazardous environment, e.g., for measuring the liquid level in gasoline or jet fuel tanks. This sensor is an attractive option because it does not introduce electrical energy, is insensitive to electromagnetic interference,... read more	Sandia National Laboratories	03/12/2013
Energy Analysis Geothermal	Thermodynamic Database Population Software (DBCreate) Update Thermodynamic Databases for Modeling Geochemical Processes The DBCreate software quickly and accurately updates thermodynamic databases used in geochemical modeling, based on changes in temperatures and pressures. The software facilitates the production of pressure, temperature and problem specific geochemical thermodynamic databases conveniently and quickly while minimizing the possibility of introducing errors caused by manual entry.	DOE Grant Recipients	01/25/2013
Energy Analysis Geothermal	TOUGH +: Modeling Fluid and Heat Flow in Porous and Fractured Ground TOUGH+ is a general-purpose numerical simulation program for modeling multiphase fluid and heat flow through porous and fractured media. It is the successor to the TOUGH2 suite of codes developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Various modules can be linked to the core of TOUGH+ to describe different fluids and their compositions, or to simulate more complex, coupled processes.	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	06/03/2011
Geothermal Industrial Technologies	Enhanced Pool-Boiling Heat Transfer Using Nanostructured Surfaces Many devices, appliances, and systems -- such as advanced power electronics with high-power computer chips, high-power lasers and radars, and HVAC systems -- require cooling to keep them running for the long-haul and to reduce maintenance and system failures. Researchers at PNNL and Oregon State University (OSU) have developed a method using nanostructured surfaces to efficiently dissipate heat in such applications at the proper temperature.	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	02/09/2011
Geothermal Industrial Technologies	Novel Tube-in-Tube System Simplifies Subsurface Fluid Sampling Barry Freifeld of Berkeley Lab has developed a device that simplifies subsurface fluid sampling. The technology’s tube-within-a-tube construction is a substantial improvement to the U-tube sampling system widely used for borehole sampling today. Using only one line, instead of two, the tube-in-tube system enables the sampling device to get lowered easily through a pressure control device (such as a grease head or pack-off) for discrete level sampling of live oil and gas wells.... read more	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	01/21/2011
Building Energy Efficiency Geothermal	Compact Absorption Chiller The Compact Absorption Chiller uses microchannel technologies in an absorption heat pump which produces cooling using heat as the primary energy source.	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	01/14/2011
Energy Analysis Geothermal	Bore II - Advanced Wellbore Technology Characterizes Groundwater Flow and Contamination Bore II, co-developed by Berkeley Lab researchers Frank Hale, Chin-Fu Tsang, and Christine Doughty, provides vital information for solving water quality and supply problems and for improving remediation of contaminated sites. Termed "hydrophysical logging," this technology is based on a new concept for measuring fluid flow that enables characterization of groundwater problems more quickly, more cost effectively, and with higher resolution than ever before.	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	07/28/2010
Energy Analysis Geothermal	Geophysical Earth Modeling (GEM) Software Berkeley Lab’s Geophysical Earth Model (GEM) software is a graphical user interface for various geophysical modeling programs.	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	07/28/2010
Geothermal Hydropower, Wave and Tidal Industrial Technologies Vehicles and Fuels Wind Energy	Substantially Parallel Flux Uncluttered Rotor Machines (U-Machine) A general concern based on the supply and demand trend of the permanent magnet (PM) raw materials suggests the need for elimination of these materials from electric motors (and generators) to control future costs. This invention discloses a new motor topology that eliminates the PM. Other innovations include brushless adjustable field excitation for high starting torque, field weakening, and power factor improvement and novel locks for higher peak speed. This novel machine shows promising... read more	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	02/03/2010
Geothermal Hydropower, Wave and Tidal Industrial Technologies Vehicles and Fuels Wind Energy	Internal/External Split Field Generator These technologies are designs and methods that boost the efficiency of electric generators by decoupling the magnetic polarity of the driving mechanism while increasing the operational frequency of the machine. Both are unique, low cost methods to develop a generator with a higher power density.	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	02/03/2010