FOREWORD
» Foreword
» Greetings from the President of Iceland
PLENARY SESSION - I
» Setting the course: the Geothermal Training Programme
Hans von Ginkel, Rector of the United Nations University
» Twenty five years of geothermal training in Iceland
Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson, Director of the UNU Geothermal Training Programme
SESSION 01 – Binary cycles – Power generation
» Experience of creation and operation of geothermal power plants at Mutnovsky geothermal field, Kamchatka, Russia
» First hand experience in a second hand borehole: Hydraulic experiments and scaling in the geothermal well Groß Schönebeck after reopening
» Thermodynamic Modeling of Binary Cycles – Looking for Best Case Scenarios
» Geothermal power generation in the Upper Rhine Valley – The Project Offenbach/Pfalz
Horst Kreuter, Norman Harthill, Michael Judt and Bodo Lehmann
» The 30 MW Rotokawa I geothermal project five years of operation
Hilel Legmann and Phillip Sullivan
» Factors influencing the economics of the Kalina power cycle and situations of superior performance
Pall Valdimarsson and Larus Eliasson
» Production of electricity from geothermal heat – efficiency calculation and ideal cycles
» Harnessing of low temperature geothermal and waste heat using Power Chips™ in Varmaraf heat exchangers
Sean Kilgrow, Arni Geirsson and Thorsteinn Sigfusson
SESSION 02 – UNU Geothermal Training Programme
» Contribution of UNU/GTP training to geothermal development in Africa
» Contribution of UNU/GTP training to geothermal development in Central America – Mexico
» Contribution of UNU/GTP training to geothermal development in Asian countries
Francisco A. Benito and Alicia N. Reyes
» Contribution of UNU/GTP training to geothermal development in China
Zhao Ping, Wang Kun and Liu Jiurong
» Contribution of UNU/GTP training to geothermal development in Central and Eastern European countries
SESSION 03 – District Heating – Spas
» Systems of simultaneous operation of low- and high-temperature heating installations and the effect on the degree of geothermal energy utilization in a geothermal heating plant
Władysław Nowak and Aleksander A. Stachel
» Recent large scale ground-source heat pump installations in Ireland
Sarah O’Connell and Stephen F. Cassidy
» Balneological prospects in Iceland using geothermal resources
Hrefna Kristmannsdóttir and Ólafur Grímur Björnsson
» The effects of developing the geothermal energy in Uniejów town, Poland
» Meeting the annual heat demand
Þorleikur Jóhannesson and Þrándur S. Ólafsson
» District heating for holiday homes
» The geothermal heat pump boom in Switzerland and its background
» Medicinal tourism in Hungary Oasis-farm
SESSION 04 – Geothermal Resources – Exploration
» Interpretation of geochemical data from wells in the western geothermal field of Romania
Oana Stănăşel and Ludovic Gilău
» Western states geothermal databases CD
» Geothermal resource potential of Himachal Pradesh, India
Dornadula Chandrasekharam, Mohammad Ayaz Alam and Angelo Minissale
» Hydrogeochemical study of the Resadiye (Tokat) geothermal field, Turkey
Suzan Pasvanoglu and Baki Canik
» Assessment of geothermal resources for the Qichun geothermal field, Shanxi, China
Huang Weixing, Yin Lihe and Wang Xiaoyong
» Geology and the geothermal systems of the southern segment of the Kenya Rift
» Geothermal energy in Uganda, country update
SESSION 05 – Geothermal Development Schemes
» Geothermal resources of the Republic of Dagestan: present status and future potential
» Present status and future development possibilities of Aydın-Denizli Geothermal Province
» Geothermal use of tunnel waters – a Swiss speciality
L. Rybach, J. Wilhelm and H. Gorhan
» Geothermal development scheme for the Olympic Park in Beijing
SESSION 06 – Iceland Deep Drilling Project
» The Iceland deep drilling project: Its global significance
Wilfred A. Elders, Gudmundur O. Fridleifsson and Seiji Saito
» Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP): Drilling Targets for Supercritical Fluid
» Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP): The challenge of drilling and coring into 350-500°C hot geothermal systems and down to 5 km
Sverrir Thorhallsson, Matthias Matthiasson, Thor Gislason, Kristinn Ingason and Bjarni Palsson
» The Iceland Deep Drilling Project: Fluid Handling, Evaluation, and Utilization
Albert Albertsson, Jón Örn Bjarnason, Teitur Gunnarsson, Claus Ballzus and Kristinn Ingason
» Iceland Deep Drilling Project: Deep vision and future plans
Gudmundur Ómar Fridleifsson, Albert Albertsson, Björn Stefánsson and Einar Gunnlaugsson
SESSION 07 – Plant Management
» Simulator for operator training in the Sudurnes Regional Heating Corporation 30 MWel combined heat and power (CHP) plant
» Monte Carlo simulation using Excel for predicting reliability of a geothermal plant
Daniela E. Popescu, Corneliu Popescu and Gianina Gabor
» Geothermal plant design optimization by genetic algorithms
Corneliu Popescu and Daniela E. Popescu
» Estimating short-term capacities of geothermal wells
Þorleikur Jóhannesson and Þrándur S. Ólafsson
» Geochemical monitoring of the response of geothermal reservoirs to production load – examples from Krafla, Iceland
Stefán Arnórsson and Björn Th. Gudmundsson
SESSION 08 – Direct Use - Industry
» Assessment on the uses of geothermal brine at the Berlín Geothermal field, El Salvador
» Examples of industrial uses of geothermal energy in theUnited States
» Geothermal steam for glycol plant
Gunnlaugur Friðbjarnarson, Teitur Gunnarsson and Gunnar Herbertsson
» The drying of fish and utilization of geothermal energy; the Icelandic experience
SESSION 09 – Reservoir and Reinjection
» Impact of injection pressure during cold water reinjection on the state of stress in geothermal reservoirs
Pawel Wojnarowski and Adam Rewis
» Evolution of selected geochemical and reservoir factors influencing the exploitation of the Podhale geothermal system, S-Poland
» Reinjection of thermal waters into sandstone reservoirs in the North German Basin
» Reinjection experiments in the basement geothermal reservoir, Tianjin, China
» A preliminary update of natural state numerical model of Olkaria geothermal system, Kenya
» Study on diffuse degassing and alteration mineralogy in the Berlín Geothermal Field
Ma. Inés Magaña, Elizabeth de Henríquez and Dina López
SESSION 10 – Country Overviews
» Overview of geothermal activities in Morocco
» Year-end geothermal development status of Turkey, 2002
Gulden Gokcen, Gunnur Kocar and Arif Hepbaslı
» Future geothermal survey – Study in Mongolia
Purevsuren Dorj, Galsantseren Purevdorj, Tseesuren Batbayar and Ovgor Bavuudorj
» The possibilities of diverse use of geothermal energy in Lithuania
Vita Rasteniene, Bronius Radeckas, Povilas Suveizdis and Feliksas Zinevicius
» Geothermal energy use in Russia
» Utilization of geothermal energy in Serbia
M. Milivojevic and M. Martinovic
» Utilization of geothermal energy in Iceland
SESSION 11 – Multiple Use
» Húsavík Energy – Multiple use of geothermal energy.
Hreinn Hjartarson, Runólfur Maack and Sigþór Jóhannesson
» Multiple integrated use of geothermal fluids of medium enthalpy and with high content of dissolved gas in Kiskunaság area in Hungary
» District heating in Reykjavík and electrical production using geothermal energy
Einar Gunnlaugsson and Gestur Gíslason
» New development, new products, new markets
» Hellisheiði power plant – Project management during the early stages of planning
» Multiple integrated use of geothermal resources in the Kebili region, southern Tunisia
SESSION 12 – Environmental Aspects
» Preliminary environmental impact assessment of a geothermal project in Meshkinshahr, NW-Iran
Younes Noorollahi and Hossein Yousefi
» Aspects of the quality – Environmental management system and cleaner production
Theodor Maghiar, Ada Mirela Tomescu and Cornel Antal
» Geothermal energy production and its environmental impact in Hungary
» Practical methods of minimizing or mitigating environmental effects from integrated geothermal developments; recent examples from New Zealand
» Regulatory framework and preparation of geothermal power plants in Iceland – practical experience and obstacles
Auður Andrésdóttir, Óskar Sigurdsson and Teitur Gunnarsson
» Sustainable management of geothermal resources
Guðni Axelsson and Valgarður Stefánsson
» Vegetation and invertebrates at three geothermal areas in Iceland
Asrun Elmarsdottir, Maria Ingimarsdottir, Iris Hansen, Jon S. Olafsson and Erling Olafsson
» CO2 emission from geothermal plants
» Ecological risk assessment of Nesjavellir co-generation plant wastewater disposal on Lake Thingvallavatn, SW-Iceland
Gabriel M.N. Wetang’ula and Sigurður S. Snorrason
» Environmental management at Olkaria geothermal project, Kenya
» Rapid environmental assessment tool for the extended Berlin geothermal field project
» Two dimensional subsidence modelling at Wairakei-Tauhara, New Zealand
Jim Lawless, Wataru Okada, Sergei Terzaghi, Phil White and Chris Gilbert
SESSION 13 – Drilling and Production
» Winning the geothermal heat energy in one hole and two-hole systems
Tomasz Kujawa and Władysław Nowak
» Simultaneous hydrogen sulfide abatement and production of acid for scale control and well stimulation
» The idea of utilising old production wells for borehole heat exchangers in the near depleted oil field in Iwonicz Zdrój Poland
Tomasz Śliwa and Andrzej Gonet
» Man-made, low-temperature geothermal reservoirs in abandoned workings of underground mines on example of Nowa Ruda coal mine, Poland
» Silica scaling: The main obstacle in efficient use of high-temperature geothermal fluids
Ingvi Gunnarsson and Stefán Arnórsson
SESSION 14 – Agricultural Use
» Preliminary study on the utilization of geothermal energy for drying of agricultural product
Andri Cahyo Kumoro and Dedy Kristanto
» Removal of boron from Kizildere-Denizli geothermal brines using ion-exchange method
Mebrure Badruk and Nalan Kabay
» Geothermal heating of greenhouses and aquaculture facilties
Tonya L. Boyd and John W. Lund
» Sustainable use of geothermal energy in Icelandic horticulture
Björn Gunnlaugsson, Magnus A. Agustsson and Sveinn Adalsteinsson
SESSION 15 – Poster Session
» Stimulation tests in a deep Rotliegend sandstone formation – Geochemical aspects
Andrea Seibt and Markus Wolfgramm
» Geothermal Power Project 2003-2004, Energy framework programme – ALTENER II
