SHARING OUR SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY OUTCOME

Publications

• "GeoSmart: Towards Flexible and Efficient Geothermal Systems", GRC bulletin July / August 2019 

• European Energy Innovation, Winter Edition 2019, Pages 30-31

• Development and Analysis of the Novel Hybridization of a Single-Flash Geothermal Power Plant with Biomass Driven sCO2-Steam Rankine Combined Cycle,
  Published: 2021
  Authors: Balkan Mutlu, Derek Baker, and Feyza Kazanc
  Journal: Entropy 2021, 23(6), 766
  Full text (web): https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060766

• Heat Exchanger World October 2022 (joomag.com), Pages 38-41

• Silica polymerization and nanocolloid nucleation and growth kinetics in aqueous solutions
  Published: 2024
  Authors: Samuel Scott , Iwona M. Galeczka , Ingvi Gunnarsson , Stefán Arnórsson , Andri Stefánsson 
  Journal: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2024, Volume 371,  Pages 78-94
  Full text (web): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.02.017
• Opportunities and Challenges of Geothermal Energy: A Comparative Analysis of Three European Cases—Belgium, Iceland, and Italy
  Published: 2024
  Authors: Rauan Meirbekova, Dario Bonciani, Dagur Ingi Olafsson, Aysun Korucan, Pinar Derin-Güre, Virginie Harcouët-Menou, Wilfried Bero
  Journal: Energies2024, 17(16), 4134
  Full text (web): https://doi.org/10.3390/en17164134
• Opportunities and challenges of geothermal energy in Turkiye
  Published: 2024
  Authors: Aysun Korucan, Pinar Derin-Gure, Bertug Celebi, Derek Baker, Madeline Vander Velde
  Journal: Energy for Sustainable Development2024, Volume 79, , 101417
  Full text (web): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2024.101417

Project Newsletters

• GeoSmart Newsletter 1 – January 2020
• GeoSmart feature in Geotermia news
• GeoSmart Newsletter 2 - March 2022
• GeoSmart feature in Geothermia news (April 2022)
• GeoSmart feature in Geothermia news (April 2022) - English version
• GeoSmart Newsletter 3 - July 2022
• Geosmart feature in Geothermia news January 2023
• GeoSmart Newsletter 4 - February 2023
• GeoSmart Newsletter 5 - July 2023
• Geosmart Newsletter 6 - January 2024
• GeoSmart Newsletter 7 - July 2024

Project Video

• Featured in "Geothermal Energy Research EU Projects"- Updated
• GeoSmart stakeholder video - Iceland
• Stakeholder Workshop Video

Webinars

• Hybridization of Geothermal with Biomass and Concentrated Solar Thermal - Webinar
• Overcoming Silica Scaling Constraints in Geothermal Power Plants - Webinar
• Innovative Geothermal Plants ORC Hybrids and Advanced Thermal Storage Systems

Posters

• Dimostrazione di tecnologie per rendere flessibili gliimpianti geotermici e ridurre lo scaling

Factsheets

• European geothermal projects - Task Force
• Geothermal in the electricity market
• Gaps in standardization for the geothermal industry
• Geothermal Plant Flexibility - 2023

Deliverables

• End User spec & document agreed with users, including KPI for two case study sites
• Project website - Public Version
• Correct material choices documented for demo sites
• Development of Knowledge-based decision support rules
• Development of knowledgebase system database
• Energy storage system design schematics
• Final material choices document for demo sites
• Flow assurance simulator implementation of new geofluid models
• Heat Exchanger design trial report
• Modelling of scaling potential of geofluid
• Report on design and building of retention tank
• Report on optimisation of design of HX
• Report on policy formulation and liaison
• Report on policy modeling to overcome barrier
• Report on preliminary design of HX including materials compatibility investigation
• Updated End user spec and dcoument agreed with users including KPIs for two case study sites