| Managing Soil Macrofauna Biodiversity in Geothermal Sites |
Bruce WILLOUGHBY, Catherine BEARD and Katherine LUKETINA |
Environmental and Societal Aspects |
thermophilic habitats, ecology, soil macrofauna |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| The Contribution of Radiogenic Heat Production Studies to Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Resource Exploration in Ireland |
Nicola M. WILLMOT NOLLER, J. Stephen DALY, The IRETHERM Team |
Geology |
Ireland, EGS, radiogenic heat production, granite |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Addressing Sustainability in Ground Source Heat Pump Projects |
Huw WILLIAMS, Martin PREENE |
Geothermal Heat Pumps |
Ground Source Heat Pump, Sustainability, Carbon Emissions Reduction |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Development of a Numerical Tool for EGS-Layout Calculations Based on 3D XFEM Fracture Propagation Simulations and Laboratory Experiments on Large Rock Samples |
Karen WILLBRAND, Philipp SIEBERT, Nikolai WEBER, Thomas Peter FRIES, Martin FEINENDEGEN, Martin ZIEGLER, Christoph CLAUSER |
EGS - Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
fluid induced fracture propagation, numerical simulation, hydraulic fracturing experiments, XFEM, enhanced geothermal systems, assessment, true triaxial testing facility, acoustic emission monitoring |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Influence of Fluvial Sandstone Architecture on Geothermal Energy Production |
Cees WILLEMS, Hamidreza NICK, Gert-Jan WELTJE, Marinus Eric (Rick) DONSELAAR, David BRUHN |
Hot Sedimentary Aquifers (HSA) |
reservoir modelling, fluvial reservoir architecture |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Distribution of Sr and Ca Isotopes in Fluids of Lahendong Geothermal Field |
Bettina A. WIEGAND, Maren BREHME, Yustin KAMAH, Martin SAUTER |
Geochemistry |
Sr isotopes, Ca isotopes, fluids, Lahendong |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Trace Elements in Rainfall Collected Around Menengai Area Kenya |
Gabriel N. WETANG'ULA, Henry M.WAMALWA |
Environmental and Societal Aspects |
precipitation, acidity, major elements, enrichment factors, Menengai, Kenya |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Production Test Analysis of XYZ-Well at Dieng Geothermal Field Using Horizontal Discharge Lip Pressure Method with Russell James Equation and Hiriart Equation |
Aris Tristianto WIBOWO, Muhammad THASRIL, Puji SIRAIT |
Production Engineering, Steam Gathering Systems |
production test, horizontal discharge lip pressure method, Russel James equation, Hiriart equatio |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| A Comparative Study of Medium Deep Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Systems Using Numerical Modelling |
Bastian WELSCH, Wolfram RÜHAAK, Daniel O. SCHULTE, Kristian BÄR, Sebastian HOMUTH, Ingo SASS |
Integrated Energy Systems, Cascaded Uses |
high temperature heat storage, medium deep borehole heat exchanger, BHE, crystalline basement |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Chemistry and Control of Silica at Los Azufres Geothermal Field, Mexico |
Oleh WERES |
Corrosion and Scaling |
Los Azufres, silica, reinjection, modeling, pH control, carbon dioxide |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Geothermal Assessment of Paleozoic Aquifers in the Central Alberta Basin, Canada |
Simon WEIDES, Inga MOECK, Douglas SCHMITT, Jacek MAJOROWICZ |
Resource Assessment |
low enthalpy, Alberta basin, 3D structural geological modeling, stress field; resource assessment, GIS, temperature mapping |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| How Predictable Are Temperatures in Geothermal Resources? |
Florian WELLMANN, Klaus REGENAUER-LIEB |
Hot Sedimentary Aquifers (HSA) |
uncertainty estimation, entropy production, geothermal resources |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Study of the Scaling Trend of Thermal Groundwater in Kangding County of Sichuan Province |
WEI Meihua, WANG Junhao and TIAN Tingshan |
Geochemistry |
Thermal groundwater;Scaling;Water-rock balance;Kangding |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Geothermal Energy Use in Germany |
Josef WEBER, Britta GANZ, Ruediger SCHELLSCHMIDT, Burkhard SANNER and Ruediger SCHULZ |
Country Updates |
Geothermal development, geothermal power production, direct use, ground source heat pumps, Germany |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Predicting the Channeling Flows Through Fractures at Various Scales |
Noriaki WATANABE, Takuya ISHIBASHI, Noriyoshi TSUCHIYA |
Hydrogeology |
scale dependency, channeling flow, fracture, permeability, confining stress, shear displacement |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| The GIA Trend Report, an Annual Survey Report on Geothermal Applications and Developments |
Josef WEBER, Britta GANZ, Ruediger SCHULZ and GIA Country Representatives |
Other |
IEA Geothermal Implementing Agreement, direct use, power generation, energy savings, international statistics |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Geothermal Reinjection Research and Progress in Sandstone Reservoir in Tianjin |
WANG Liancheng |
Injection Technology |
reinjection, sandstone reservior, affect factor, drilling technique, plugging |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Study on Geochemistry of Potential High Temperature Geothermal Resources in Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, China |
WANG Meihua, LU Chengxin, CHANG Zhiyong |
Geochemistry |
geochemistry, geothermal, Taxkorgan, China |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Hydraulic Fracture Simulation Based on Discrete Element Method and Lattice Boltzmann Method |
Yucang WANG, Deepak ADHIKARY, Andy WILKINS |
Geophysics |
discrete element method, lattice boltzmann method, hydraulic fracturing, geothermal energy extraction |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| The Study of Geothermal Resources Exploration Methods in an Abnormal Area of Volcanic Non-geothermal in Northern China: A Case Study in Xilinhot |
WANG Junhao, TIAN Tingshan and WANG Qi |
Exploration |
Xilinhot, Geothermal resources, Hydrogeochemistry, Geothermal conditions |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |