Scientist use volcanoes to try to extract energy. One of their experiments was to drill into a volcano and make a well. Then after the well is made they inject cold water before the well is properly heated. The final goal is to produce high pressure superheated dry steam.
The first well that was created was called RN-17. It is located at Reykjanes area. It was first drilled to 3082 m then they drilled another 800 m. They tried to drill to 4500 m but they realized that it would take 115 days longer so they didn’t do it. When they started putting down the drillstring it came upon a molten rock 2104 m. Fortunately they pulled out the drillstring on time so everything was under control. Same problems occurred also at Krafla and Hawaii. The good thing about these studies is that researchers have the opportunity to learn more about injecting cold water into magma.
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ReplyDeleteVery interesting article. This one is much better than the last in that there were not as many spelling and grammar issues. Be sure to include the link for the article, the date it was published and the author. How were they going to use the energy that would be produced?
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