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PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Sixth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 31 - February 2, 2011 SGP-TR-191 MODELING GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS WITH CO AS HEAT TRANSFER FLUID 2 John Apps and Karsten Pruess Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 e-mail: jaapps@ ABSTRACT as heat extraction fluid for geothermal energy sources was suggested by Brown (2000) as a “game The concept whereby heat is recovered from a changing” alternative that could avoid the problems geothermal reservoir by replacing the native aqueous of aqueous fluids, make heretofore inaccessible phase with essentially pure high-pressure carbon energy resources available for human use, and dioxide as the working fluid is referred to as an provide ancillary benefits by using and storing CO2 . Enhanced Geothermal System with CO2 (EGSCO2). Theoretical studies have indicated that CO2 may The concept has yet to be tested in the field, and