NANOSENSORS AS RESERVOIR ENGINEERING TOOLS TO MAP INSITU TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS IN GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS
NANOSENSORS AS RESERVOIR ENGINEERING TOOLS TO MAP INSITU TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS IN GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS
With global populations on the rise and the increasing threat associated with climate change, the need for the development of low emission energy resources is clear. Geothermal energy, which originates from the underground heat of the earth (Sankaran, 2002), has the advantage of being a low-emission, baseload energy resource. Unlike other alternative energy resources, geothermal energy production does not fluctuate with time of day or season. Furthermore, geothermal energy is an indigenous resou