UPSTREAM
Nature of the resource
Heat-sources and volcanos
Geothermal exploration
Geothermal modelling
MIDSTREAM
Harnessing and production
Production technology
Power cycles
Well design
DOWNSTREAM
Diversified utilization
Cascaded use
Industrial applications
Waste to Value
CROSS- CUTTING
Sustainability – Social benefits – Innovation
WORKSHOP THEMES
Conributions addressed on GGW2016
Upstream
Nature of the resource
• Deep roots of geothermal systems including contributions linked to ongoing projects such as GEORG DRG, IDDP, Krafla Magma Drilling and DEEPEGS.
• Integration of volcanology and geothermal science.
• Geology of geothermal systems and volcanoes, structural and tectonic mapping, integration of geology, geochemistry and geophysics.
• Geophysical exploration and monitoring methods, including resistivity, seismics, deformation, potential fields and other methods.
• Reservoir analysis and management, including the chemistry of geothermal fluids, tracers, re-injection, conceptual models and simulations.
• Time scales of heat transfer and evolution, transients in geothermal systems.
• New concepts in harnessing geothermal energy such as enhanced geothermal systems and offshore geothermal.
Midstream
Harnessing and production
• Well- and wellhead design including simulation and analysis
• Stimulation techniques for boreholes
• Material selection and research on corrosion and erosion problems, as well as scaling issues.
• Engineering challenges in the whole power cycle
• Operation and maintenance of power plants and wells
Downstream
Diversified utilization
• The Waste to Value (W2V) concept
• Subtraction of valuable metals and chemicals from geothermal fumes
• Treatment and utilization of geothermal gases
• Cascade use of geothermal products, and industrial applications of power, heat and chemicals from geothermal resources
• Food production, and drying
• Cultivation of plants, fish and algae using geothermal waters
Cross- cutting
Sustainability – Social benefits – Innovation
• Sustainability - Social, economics, envirionment
• Lifecycles of geothermal systems
• Innovation and StartUps
• Product development
• Management of knowledge including intellectual property rights and patents
• Education and training