Concentrate on Geothermal webinar – Challenges and alternatives of sedimentary geothermal reservoirs
Be a part of us for webinar on the 14th of February on research completed on chemical stimulation to extend injectivity of sedimentary geothermal reservoirs.
As a part of the common Concentrate on Geothermal Webinar sequence – a partnership of Enerchange and ThinkGeoEnergy, we’re proud to host Dr Maren Brehme of ETH Zürich. This week’s webinar might be on “Challenges and alternatives of sedimentary geothermal reservoirs.”
Date: 14 February 2025
Time: 14:00 CET / 08:00 ET
Registration: Click on right here to register
Speaker: Dr Maren Brehme, Senior Analysis Assistant, Geothermal Vitality and Geofluids, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Low injectivity is commonly skilled in geothermal doublets put in in sandstone reservoirs. This even led to a shutdown of the Mezoberény (Hungary) geothermal website. An on-site marketing campaign was carried out at that website together with a stimulation aiming to reinforce the transmissivity of the sedimentary reservoir and the near-wellbore zone of this website.
Earlier research have concluded that inadequate injectivity could also be linked to a excessive pores and skin impact within the close to well-bore zone and pore-clogging together with the low internet sandstone content material of the fluvio-deltaic reservoir. At different websites, chemical or organic actions are the explanation for lowering permeability through the operation of the geothermal vegetation. In Mezoberény a chemical mushy stimulation primarily based on the injection of hydrochloric acid (HCl) was efficiently used to unclog and get well the nicely injectivity. Therefore, it’s attainable to retrieve favorable circumstances and function sustainably.
With a give attention to Mezoberény, a number of examples might be proven on the challenges and alternatives of utilizing sedimentary reservoirs for geothermal vitality manufacturing.
Dr Maren Brehme is a hydrogeologist aiming to grasp subsurface fluid circulation utilizing multidisciplinary approaches for sustainable geothermal exploration and exploitation methods with a robust give attention to fieldwork and real-scale information. Maren’s primary analysis goal is discovering new nicely areas throughout geothermal exploration and discipline growth and on optimizing sustainable geothermal vitality extraction and conversion.
Areas of experience are geothermal reservoir characterization, hydraulic, thermal and chemical information interpretation, enhancing reservoir efficiency and its sustainable use. Strategies and findings are primarily associated to geothermal techniques however relevant in any geofluids atmosphere (geothermal, CO2, H2, warmth, ingesting water).
