There are no earthquakes or subsidence. Geothermal energy is the perfect energy source

Economic, security and security of supply: geothermal energy is the perfect energy source　

1.

It is obvious that micro reactors (SMRs) will fail.

The geothermal power generation technology being researched and developed by the Artificial Evolution Research Institute (AERI), which is the twin technology of the micro reactor, is a closed-cycle heat exchange power generation system with a heat regenerative binary engine and a cogeneration-type micro binary power generation system with the following features.

(1) Because the power generation facility of the 100GWh class can be constructed without choosing the region, it has a large market potential.

The problem of the influence to the groundwater of the present geothermal power generation can be solved.

(3) Unlike nuclear power plants, geothermal power plants do not require security costs.

(4) Vertical scaling to increase thermal efficiency is easy.

(5) Because the turbine and subsequent equipment can be shared with coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, replacement costs are lower and construction time is shorter.

As you can see, this is the ultimate power generation technology.

2.

Micro reactors (Small Modular Reactors: SMRs) are deliberately chosen to be inefficient, yet the problem is not solved in any way.

SMRs have existed since the 1950s.

However, they are no better today than they were then.

3.

The micro reactor SMR is, as the name implies, a nuclear power plant, a fission reactor.

This means that they use fissile material fuel that decays radially to heat a liquid to produce steam, which is then used to turn a turbine to produce electricity.

Technically, it is like coal-fired power generation, but instead of burning plants that have been buried in the ground for a long time, it uses the heat from the decay of uranium.

4.

Shale development induces earthquakes

As technology for efficiently extracting oil and natural gas from underground shale formations (shale development technology) has been established and production has increased, earthquakes have spiked near oil fields in the US states of Oklahoma and Texas.

According to scientists, the cause is the injection of waste water from mining deep underground.

This apparently changes the stresses holding the fault together and triggers the quakes.

Due to protests by local residents, some states have begun to restrict the injection of wastewater. drilling for Earthquakes (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN July 2016)

5.

There are no earthquakes or subsidence. Geothermal energy is the perfect energy source　

On the other hand, the geothermal power generation technologies being researched and developed by the Artificial Evolution Research Institute (AERI) - closed-cycle heat exchange power generation systems with heat regenerative binary engines and cogeneration-type microbinary power generation systems - are completely different from conventional geothermal power generation using warm water.

Only the geothermal heat pumped up from the ultra-deep depth of 1000m or more is used to heat the liquid to generate steam, and the turbine is turned by the steam to generate electricity.

This means that the stresses holding the faults together are not affected, and no earthquakes, land subsidence or other crustal movements are induced.

Our two power generation systems are completely different from shale gas and shale oil extraction methods, as they only extract heat from ultra-deep geological formations, they do not affect the fluid pressure of the igneous and metamorphic rock base beneath the sedimentary rocks and do not move the ancient faults mentioned above.

Therefore, it is completely independent of groundwater depletion, land subsidence, hot spring depletion, earthquakes, etc., and does not disturb the underground environment or assessment in any way.

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Geothermal power: the only renewable energy source that is not affected by weather conditions

Crude oil and natural gas are strategic commodities whose supply is used as a political bargaining chip.

Coal- and natural gas-fired power generation emits significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2).

Wind and solar power can be crippled by natural disasters and bad weather.

Compared to these methods, the geothermal energy-based power generation method being researched at the Artificial Evolution Research Institute (AERI https://www.aeri-japan.com/) meets the following challenges

(1) 100% of the power generation resources can be supplied by the country itself without depending on other countries.

(2) It is the only best energy source in terms of security.

(3) It can be supplied stably without being affected by climate change, abnormal weather and natural disasters.

The price of raw materials is basically "zero".

(5) It has the potential to generate far more electricity than coal- or natural gas-fired power generation, in excess of 100 GWh (gigawatts per hour), which is comparable to or even better than nuclear power generation.

See also.

Cogeneration microbinary power generation systems (https://www.aeri-japan.com/cogeneration-microbinary)

Geothermal power generation (https://www.aeri-japan.com/geothermalpower1)

Smart Grid Adaptive Geothermal Power Systems (https://www.aeri-japan.com/smartgrid1)

Associate Professor, California Institute of Technology, USA Prof. PhD. & Dr. Kamuro