Utilization of Thermal Potential of Abandoned Wells

Younes Noorollahi is Associate Professor and Head of Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering Department at Faculty of New Sciences and Technology, University of Tehran-Iran. His research interest spans over energy modelling, energy system analysis and auditing, geothermal energy, renewable energy resources assessment, energy and environment nexus and wind, water, biomass and waves energies technology. He is the author or co-author of more than 70 papers in international refereed journals and more than 200 conference contributions. He has also compiled about 7 books, published by reputed publishers. He has given several invited/plenary talks at international conferences. Muhammad Nihal Naseer is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. He started his research career in 2018 at the Laboratory of Applied Sciences at NUST-Pakistan. His field of research is thermodynamic modelling of energy conversion and storage systems. In 2019, he was a scientific assistant at the NANOCAT research center at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has published over 20 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and has served as an editor of two books. Dr. Siddiqi is an Assistant Professor, Researcher, Marketer, Project Manager and Strategist. He holds the chair of Registrar, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Member -Guidance and Examination Committee (Ph.D. Program) and Research SupervisorFinal Year Projects at PNEC - National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).He graduated from University of Karachi with major in Chemistry and optionalsubjects Geography and Geology in 2000.He did his Masters in Analytical Chemistry in2002, MBA Marketing in 2006 and completed his PhD in Environmental AnalyticalChemistry from Department of Chemistry University of Karachi in 2015.Dr Siddiqi is a life time member of Chemical Society of Pakistan and Pakistan Science Foundation.

Part I: Introduction to geothermal energy
1. Introduction to energy harvesting systems
2. Historical overview of geothermal energy
3. Fundamentals of geothermal energy
4. Thermodynamics of geothermal energy

Part II: Abandoned wells and its global thermal potential
5. Global outlook of thermal potential
6. Global/country geothermal potential distribution
7. Historical utilization of geothermal potential

Part III: Energy Extraction from abandoned wells
8. Simulation and thermodynamic modelling
9. Working fluid evaluation
10. Resource Evaluation
11. Energy production
12. Production capability forecast models
13. Insulation of abandoned geothermal wells

Part IV: Feasibility, economic and environmental analysis
14. Feasibility analysis
15. Major challenges
16. Major contributors of cost
17. Environmental impacts

Part V: Applications
18. Electricity generation
19. Single and multi-generation system
20. Desalination
21. Integration with renewables
22. Other applications

Part VI: Revitalization of abandoned oil and gas wells
23. State of art technologies
24. Methods of exploration