A thermal system includes a borehole heat exchanger, a facility, a data center including at least one heat generating electronic component, and a ground-source heat pump. A dynamic downhole fluid circuit connects the data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump with a flow of a downhole fluid and is configured to connect the data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump in a plurality of different configurations to reject heat from the data center. The thermal system further includes a facility fluid circuit for connecting the facility and the ground-source heat pump with a facility fluid, wherein the ground-source heat pump thermally connects the dynamic downhole fluid circuit and the facility fluid circuit.

A thermal system includes a borehole heat exchanger, a facility, a data center including at least one heat generating electronic component, and a ground-source heat pump. A dynamic downhole fluid circuit connects the data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump with a flow of a downhole fluid and is configured to connect the data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump in a plurality of different configurations to reject heat from the data center. The thermal system further includes a facility fluid circuit for connecting the facility and the ground-source heat pump with a facility fluid, wherein the ground-source heat pump thermally connects the dynamic downhole fluid circuit and the facility fluid circuit.

Methods, systems, and devices for quantifying geothermal heat flux using shallow subsurface temperature measurements are provided. A method can include deploying vertical temperature probes with fiber optic sensors, strain sensors, and advective sensors at measurement sites. Time-series temperature data is then recorded, processed to determine equilibrium temperature profiles, and corrected for climate-driven signals, strain, and advection effects. Geothermal heat flux is calculated by combining the corrected temperature gradient with subsurface thermal conductivity, and a heat flux map can be generated to identify geothermal energy resources.

Methods, systems, and devices for quantifying geothermal heat flux using shallow subsurface temperature measurements are provided. A method can include deploying vertical temperature probes with fiber optic sensors, strain sensors, and advective sensors at measurement sites. Time-series temperature data is then recorded, processed to determine equilibrium temperature profiles, and corrected for climate-driven signals, strain, and advection effects. Geothermal heat flux is calculated by combining the corrected temperature gradient with subsurface thermal conductivity, and a heat flux map can be generated to identify geothermal energy resources.

Methods, systems, and devices for quantifying geothermal heat flux using shallow subsurface temperature measurements are provided. A method can include deploying vertical temperature probes with fiber optic sensors, strain sensors, and advective sensors at measurement sites. Time-series temperature data is then recorded, processed to determine equilibrium temperature profiles, and corrected for climate-driven signals, strain, and advection effects. Geothermal heat flux is calculated by combining the corrected temperature gradient with subsurface thermal conductivity, and a heat flux map can be generated to identify geothermal energy resources.

Methods, systems, and devices for quantifying geothermal heat flux using shallow subsurface temperature measurements are provided. A method can include deploying vertical temperature probes with fiber optic sensors, strain sensors, and advective sensors at measurement sites. Time-series temperature data is then recorded, processed to determine equilibrium temperature profiles, and corrected for climate-driven signals, strain, and advection effects. Geothermal heat flux is calculated by combining the corrected temperature gradient with subsurface thermal conductivity, and a heat flux map can be generated to identify geothermal energy resources.

A geothermal heat extractor includes a heat transfer fluid and a heat transfer fluid supply conduit. The heat transfer fluid is maintained in the supply conduit in a liquid state at a pressure above its saturation pressure. The geothermal heat extractor further includes a heat transfer fluid return conduit, a geothermal heat source coupled thereto, at least one flow control valve configured to control the flow of the heat transfer fluid from the supply conduit to the return conduit, and an external load coupled to the return conduit. As the heat transfer fluid is provided to the return conduit in the liquid state, the heat transfer fluid vaporizes in the return conduit by heat supplied to the return conduit from the geothermal heat source. The vaporized heat transfer fluid is supplied from the return conduit to the external load.

A geothermal heat extractor includes a heat transfer fluid and a heat transfer fluid supply conduit. The heat transfer fluid is maintained in the supply conduit in a liquid state at a pressure above its saturation pressure. The geothermal heat extractor further includes a heat transfer fluid return conduit, a geothermal heat source coupled thereto, at least one flow control valve configured to control the flow of the heat transfer fluid from the supply conduit to the return conduit, and an external load coupled to the return conduit. As the heat transfer fluid is provided to the return conduit in the liquid state, the heat transfer fluid vaporizes in the return conduit by heat supplied to the return conduit from the geothermal heat source. The vaporized heat transfer fluid is supplied from the return conduit to the external load.

A wellhead container for a geothermal system includes a base configured to engage a bottom of a recess within a ground. The recess extends vertically from the bottom of the recess to a surface of the ground, the base includes at least one first opening, and the at least one first opening is configured to receive a drilling string. The wellhead container includes a top configured to support a load applied by a drilling machine to the wellhead container. The top includes second openings, and each second opening is configured to receive the drilling string. The wellhead container includes a sidewall extending along a vertical axis between the base and the top. The sidewall is configured to position an upper surface of the top substantially flush with the surface of the ground, and the sidewall is configured to transfer at least a portion of the load to the base.

Disclosed are various approaches for using controlled fractures in geothermal systems. In some examples, a method includes drilling at least one injection well bore. The method can also include cutting at least a first slot at an angle to the injection well bore, where the first slot has a first end connected to the injection well bore and a distal end. The method can include cutting at least a second slot at an angle to the injection well bore, where the second slot has a first end connected to the distal end of the first slot and a distal end. The method can also include drilling at least one production well bore, where the production well bore is connected to the distal end of the second slot.