| 2005 Country Update for Switzerland |
Ladislaus Rybach, Harald Gorhan |
1. Country Updates |
direct use, geothermal heat pumps, Deep Heat Mining, energy and CO2 savings |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Monte Carlo Simulation for Predicting the Reliability of a Control System for a Geothermal Plant |
Corneliu Popescu, Daniela E. Popescu |
13. Power Generation |
Modeling. Simulation, Monte Carlo method, Reliability Estimate |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Geothermal Plant Design Optimization By Genetic Algorithms |
Daniela Elena Popescu, Corneliu Popescu, Claudia Rusu |
17. Software for Geothermal Applications |
Genetic algorithms, system design optimization, systems reliability |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Sustainable Management of Geothermal Resources and Utilization for 100-300 Years |
Gudni Axelsson, Valgardur Stefánsson, Grímur Björnsson and Jiurong Liu |
5. Sustainability |
Sustainability, case studies, modeling |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Corrosion Tests and the Use of Inhibitors in Low Temperature Geothermal Waters |
Oana Stanasel, Iulian Stanasel |
20. Corrosion and Scaling |
Felix Spa, chemical inhibitors, cast iron coupon |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Geochemical Monitoring of the Lakes District Area |
Kibret Beyene and Meseret Teklemariam |
26. Exploration |
Ethiopia, Lakes District, Hot springs, Geochemical monitoring |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Origin and Potential of Geothermal Systems in Vojvodina |
Snezana Sevic, Slobodan Vidovic and Miso Solesa |
8. Geochemistry |
scale, geothermometers, utilization |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Economic Feasibility of Installing Heat Pumps at Kanjiza Spa |
Slobodan Vidovic and Peter Varga |
14. Direct Use, Geothermal Heat Pumps |
geothermal energy, low temperature enthalpy, heat pump, electric power, natural gas, economic feasibility |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Geochemistry of Hot Springs at Cundinamarca Department, Colombia |
Claudia Alfaro-Valero |
8. Geochemistry |
Hot springs of Cundinamarca, geochemistry of fluids, Colombia. |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Production Chemistry of Wells in the Southern Part of Los Azufres, Michoacan, Mexico |
Mirna Tello-LÛpez , Stuart Simmons and Mario-CÈsar Su·rez-Arriaga |
8. Geochemistry |
well geochemistry, Los Azufres, equilibration, boiling processes |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Renewability of the Wairakei-Tauhara Geothermal Resource |
Michael J. O'Sullivan and Warren I. Mannington |
5. Sustainability |
renewability, modelling, Wairakei |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| ReactVessel: An ActiveX Component in Visual Basic for Numerical Simulation of H2O-CO2 Interaction in a Geothermal Reservoir |
Mahendra P. Verma |
17. Software for Geothermal Applications |
ReactVessel, CO2-H2O interaction, Visual Basic 6.0, ActiveX component, geothermal water |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Revised Analytical Methods for the Determination of Carbonic Species in Rain, Ground and Geothermal Waters |
Mahendra P. Verma |
8. Geochemistry |
Acid-base titration, HCO3 and CO3 determinations, Analytical method, Geothermal reservoir. |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Subsurface Temperature Estimation of Geothermal Reservoirs in the Hengjing Hot Spring Area, Jiangxi Province, SE-China |
Sun Zhanxue, Zhang Weiming |
8. Geochemistry |
subsurface temperature estimation, geothermal reservoir, Jiangxi, China |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Energy Scenario in Pakistan |
Sayyed Hossein |
1. Country Updates |
Potential & Constraints |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Shearing in Fractured Reservoir |
Kazuhiko Tezuka, Tetsuya Tamagawa and Kimio Watanabe |
16. Advanced Technologies (HDR, Magma, Geopressure) |
HDR, stimulation, fracturing, injection, simulation, modeling, shearing |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Preliminary Results of CO2 Sequestration into Ogachi Geothermal Reservoir, Northeast Japan |
Hisatoshi Ito, Hideshi Kaieda, Akira Ueda, Koichi Kato, Takashi Ohsumi and Tatsuya Yajima |
2. Environmental and Societal Aspects |
Global warming, CO2 sequestration, Ogachi, calcite, anhydrite |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Magnetotelluric (MT) Resistivity Surveys in Various Geothermal Systems in Central Philippines |
D. B. Layugan, D. M. Rigor, Jr., N. A. Apuada, C. F. Los Banos, and R. E. Olivar |
7. Geophysics |
Magnetotelluric, MT, Philippines, Central Philippines, Geothermal, Mahanagdong, Northern Negros, Southern Leyte, Mahagnao, Lobi |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Geothermal Development in Denmark, Country Update 2005 |
Allan Mahler and Jesper Magtengaard |
1. Country Updates |
geothermal, direct-use, space heating, low enthalpy, Thisted, Copenhagen, absorption heat pumps, sandstone, injection, Denmark |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Resource Potential of the Southern Leyte Geothermal Prospect, Philippines: A Geologic Evaluation |
Josephine B. Rosell and Maribel C. Zaide-Delfin |
6. Geology |
Southern Leyte, geothermal resource, geologic model |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |