| Use of Waste Heat from Geothermal Power Plants Focusing on Improving Agriculture in Developing Countries |
Gehringer, Magnus |
Direct use; Waste water; Agricultural applications; Industri |
Waste heat; cascaded use; CHP; agriculture; cooling; technologies; economics; benefits; regulations; PPA |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Geothermal Direct Utilization-Design and Operation |
Jalilinasrabady, Saeid |
Direct use; District heating/cooling; Balneology |
Geothermal direct uses; district heating; swimming pool; Matlab |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Evolution of Balcova Geothermal District Heating System--Turkey |
Parlaktuna, Mahmut |
Direct use; District heating/cooling |
Balçova geothermal; district heating; Agamemnon Fault |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| The Lindal Diagram for Mining Engineering |
Patsa, Eleni; Zarrouk, Sadiq J.; Van Zyl, Dirk |
Direct use; Mineral extraction; Economic geology |
Geothermal direct use; Lindal diagram; mining; mineral processing; mines; geothermal energy; opportunities; energy options |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Design of a Cooling System Using Geothermal Energy for Storage of Agricultural Products with Emphasis on Irish Potatoes in Rwanda, Africa |
Uwera, Jane; Itoi, Ryuichi; Jalilinasrabady, Saeid; Johannesson, Thirleikur; Benediktsson, David Orn |
Direct use; Agricultural applications; Refrigeration |
Energy; energy rate; coefficient of performance; refrigeration; potatoes; Karisimbi; Rwanda |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Study of Thermal Performance and Operation Strategy of a Compound Ground Source Heat Pump Heating System |
Zhang Wei; Junxin Lv; Liu Jiulong |
Geothermal heat pumps; Economics |
Ground source heat pump (GSHP) system; composite power system; heat-storage tank; economic analysis; coefficient of performance |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Optimizing Geothermal Drilling: Oil and Gas Technology Transfer |
Denninger, Kate; Eustes, Alfred; Visser, Charles; Baker, Walt; Bolton, Dan; Bell, Jason; Bell, Sean; Jacobs, Amelia; Nagandran, Uneshddarann; Tilley, Mitch; Quick, Ralph |
Drilling; Lost circulation; Equipment design; Cementing |
Drilling; oil and gas; the perfect well; rig management; mechanical specific energy; performance qualifiers; lost circulation; geothermal well cementing |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Comparison of Drilling Technologies Between Top Drive and Rotary Table in Geothermal Fields: A Case Study of Olkaria Geothermal Fields |
Kahuta, James; Atwa, Victor |
Drilling |
ROP- Rate of Penetration; stands; singles; stuck pipes; top drive; rotary table; drilling efficiency; weight on bit (WOB); tripping |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Challenges of Cementing Olkaria Geothermal Field |
Karanja, Nahashon |
Cementing; Equipment design |
Thickening time; ECD (equivalent circulating density); Bearden Consistency; BHCT (bottom hole circulating temperature); WOC (wait on cement); lead cement; tail cement; scavange |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Well Design and Well Workover to Land Deep Production Casings in Menengai Field |
Khaemba, Abraham W. |
Drilling; Well completion; Cementing; Equipment design; Well |
Production casings; cement slurry; cold flow; external casing packer; tie back casing; cemented liner |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Modelling of Geothermal Drilling Parameters--A Case Study of Well MW-17 in Menengai, Kenya |
Miyora, Thomas; Jonsson, Magnus Thor; Thorhallsson, Sverrir |
Drilling; Rock mechanics |
Modelling; drilling parameters; model theory; measured and modeled parameters; multiple linear regression |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Use of Carbon Microfibers for Reinforcement of Calcium Aluminate-Class F Fly Ash Cement Activated with Sodium Meta-Silicate at up to 300°C |
Pyatina, Tatiana; Sugama, Toshifumi |
Cementing; Equipment design |
EGS; calcium-aluminate cement; fiber reinforcement; fly ash; sodium metasilicate; toughness |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Broaching: An Effective Method of Well Intervention for Calcite Scale Removal |
Wilson, Daniel Robert; Gilliland, John; Austin, Andrew |
Scaling; Equipment design; Calcite |
Geothermal; broaching; slickline; wireline; well intervention; calcite scale; well workover; contact energy; Western Energy
Services, JRG Energy |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Characterization of Quaternary Extensional Structures: Tulu-Moye Geothermal Prospect, Ethiopia |
Admassu, Engdawork; Worku, Selamawit |
Exploration; Geological surveys; Magmatism; Faults; Geomorph |
Main Ethiopian Rift; Tulu-Moye; geothermal; magmatic segment; faulting; morphology |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Stakeholder Engagement Through Participatory Research: A Case Study of Eburru Geothermal Wellhead Generator in Nakuru County, Kenya |
Barasa, Philip J.; Mathenge, Rose W. |
Public outreach; Environmental aspects |
Stakeholder engagement; Environmental & Social Impact Assessment; wellhead; participatory research; community |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| The Western Branch of the East African Rift: A Review of the Tectonics, Volcanology and Geothermal Activity |
Hardarson, Bjorn |
Exploration; Geological surveys; Geochemical surveys; Volcan |
East African Rift System; West African Rift; tectonics; volcanology; geothermal activity; mantle plumes; igneous geochemistry; geothermal prospects |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Evolution and Geology of Eburru-Badlands Geothermal Prospect--Central Kenyan Rift |
Ronoh, Irene |
Exploration; Geological surveys; Geochemical surveys; Strati |
Exploration; geology; Eburru-Badlands; Scanning Electron Microprobe; classification; bulk rock chemistry; peralkaline; subalkaline; evolution |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| The Initial-State Geochemistry as a Baseline for Geochemical Monitoring at Olkaria Domes, Kenya |
Wamalwa, Ruth |
Exploration; Geochemical surveys; Brine chemistry |
Baseline chemistry; geochemical monitoring; early phase of production |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Hydraulic and Thermal Stimulation Program at Raft River Idaho, A DOE EGS |
Bradford, Jacob; McLennan, John; Moore, Joseph; Podgorney, Robert; Tiwari, Shashank |
Well stimulation; Thermal stimulation; Reservoir modeling; H |
Enhanced geothermal system; FALCON; hydraulic stimulation; Raft River; reservoir simulation; thermal stimulation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |
| Production Well Targeting at Newberry Volcano EGS Demonstration |
Cladouhos, Trenton T.; Uddenberg, Mathew E.; Swyer, Michael W.; Petty, Susan; Nordin, Yini |
HDR/EGS; Well stimulation; Microseismicity |
EGS; enhanced geothermal system; Newberry; stimulation; microseismicity; hydroshearing |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2015 |
English |