SMU Power Plays Conference Jan 10-11, 2018 – Speakers announced

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Alexander Richter 21 Nov 2017

The SMU Power Plays Conference to take place January 10-11, 2018 in Dallas, Texas is again “Drilling into geothermal energy applications” and has presented an exciting program.

The event has a great line up of speakers and poster presentations for the 2018 SMU Power Plays conference.

Make sure to take advantage of the early bird registration, which closes November 22, 2017.

Speakers – Thursday January 11^th 8:00 am to 5:30 pm

Panel – Coal and Geothermal Workshop Review

• Susan Petty, Hotrock Energy Research Organization
• Bob Pilko, Blade Energy Partners
• Brian Anderson, West Virginia University Energy Institute
• William Shaw, University of Texas MBA Program

Panel – Technology Updates

• Climeon AB, Distributed Low-Temperature Geothermal Power from Oil and Gas Wells
• George Nitschke, Good Earth Mechanics, LLC, Converting Geopressured-Geothermal Reservoirs into Renewable Energy Systems
•  Tom Telegades and Peter Fazio,  PwrCor, Inc., PwrCor Low Temperature Equipment Redefined
• Mark Hauenstein, UC-Won in partnership with RenewGeo and Homestretch Geothermal, Renewable Geothermal – A Path to Reduced Carbon Emissions and Increased Reliability 

Oral Presentations

• Minsu Cha and Yunxing Lu, Texas A&M University, Thermal Fracturing Behavior in Well Stimulations of Enhanced Geothermal Systems – Experimental Studies 
• Will Gosnold, University of North Dakota, Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, Concept for a Distributed Baseload Electrical Power System in the Williston Basin
• Haiying Huang, Georgia Institute of Technology , Calibrating the Strength Ratio and the Failure Envelope for DEM Modeling of Quasi-Brittle Materials
• Shaopeng Huang^1,2, Tingting Ke¹, Wei Xu¹ and Jiong Zhang¹, 1 Institute of Global Environmental Change, University of Xi’an Jiaotong, China and 2 University of Michigan, Assessment of Geothermal Resource for Heating/Cooling the New Campus of the Xi’an Jiaotong University in China
• Elodie Jeandel and Eléonore Dalmais, EDF/EIFER and ES Géothermie, Hydrocarbon-geothermal Co-production Challenges in Eastern Europe: Geothermal Pilot Projects for Heat and Electricity in Serbia (GOSPEL Project)  
• Peter Malin¹, Peter Leary¹, Sergio Valenzuela¹ and Tero Saarno²,1 ASIR and 2 st1 Deep Heat, Espoo, Finland, Engineered Geothermal at Otaniemi and Basel: “end”-members in drilling and induced seismicity?
• Craig Turchi, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Eastman Chemical Gas Plant East Texas Deep Direct Use Project
• Camisha Simmons, Simmons Legal PLLC, Purchasing Oil and Gas Assets in Bankruptcy
• John Sisler, Steamfield Sensors Inc. Real-Time Sensors for Multi-Phase Measurement of Pipe Flows in Steam and Gathering Lines.  Laboratory and Field Trial Results
• Richard Wynn, Deep River Group, Lessons Learned Converting Gas Wells to Geothermal Energy

Posters & Reception – Wednesday January 10^th 6:00 – 8:00 pm

• Mark Ingram, Ball State University, Department of Geological Sciences, Basin Analysis and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Bali Basin, Indonesia, With Expanded Geothermal Heat Flow Map of Sundaland
• N. Jayaraju, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, India, Geothermal Energy in India: Past, Present and Future Scenarios
• Hendra Ardi Kurniawan¹, Clinton Sihombing¹, Muhammad Thasril² and Ermawan Isyahtoro²,1 STEM Akamigas and 2 PT Geo Dipa Energi, Indonesia, The Effect of Noise Data and Non Condensable Gas in QA & QC to Determine Deliverability Curve Based On Field’s Data From One of Hot Fluid Reservoir Type in Indonesia
• Arna Pálsdóttir, Cornell University, Cornell School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Lithium from Geothermal Waters using Strategically Engineered Crown Ether Extractants
• Rebecca Pitcock, Kirsten Nicholson and Ahmed Benkhayal, Ball State University, Department of Geological Sciences, Geothermal Heat Flow in Northern Indonesia
• Kris Pudyastuti¹, Jatmiko Prio Atmojo²,Sugiatmo K.¹,  Burhannudinnur M., Maman D.J.¹ and Syarif Fadhlurrahman M¹, 1 Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia and 2 Upstream Research & Technology, PT Pertamina (Persero), Indonesia, Thermal Characteristics in Initial Conditions (Natural State), Geothermal Field at South Sumatra – Indonesia
• Daniel Wendt, Birendra Adhikari, Christopher Orme and Aaron Wilson, Idaho National Laboratory, Switchable Polarity Solvent Forward Osmosis (SPS FO): Technology Development Status and Economic Potential for Produced Water Treatment

Source: SMU Conference Website