Methods, Procedures, Process: The Society of Petroleum Engineers Los Angeles Basin Section (LASPE) formed an Energy Transition Study Group (Study Group) in September 2023 and invited members to join. The Study Group meets monthly on the Zoom online meeting platform. The Study Group currently focuses on geothermal, and plans to expand to hydrogen and carbon storage in the future. Six teams were formed to work on key topics concurrently: (1) Energy Transition Networking Event; (2) Students and Community Outreach; (3) Field Project Proposal and Planning; (4) Research Ideas and Fund-seeking; (5) Speaker Invitation; and (6) 2025 SPE Western Regional Meeting add geothermal related activities. The Teams meet independently, and report to the Study Group monthly.
As an emerging technology, silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs are showing great potential for higher temperature/power rating, higher efficiency, and reduction in size and weight, which makes this technology ideal for high temperature, harsh environment applications such as downhole, medical, avionic, or even space applications. Radiation tolerance therefore becomes a critical aspect of the device performance in such environments. In this work, we explored radiation hardness of SiC devices to total ionizing dose (TID), neutron-induced single-event burnout (SEB), and heavy-ion induced single-event effects (SEE).
