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Webinars: Inside a binary plant, geothermal direct use, hydrothermal fluid flow in East Africa – Registration open

Webinars: Inside a binary plant, geothermal direct use, hydrothermal fluid flow in East Africa – Registration open Webinar speakers Marco Viola, Tracy Mills, Sadiq Zarrouk, and Julie Rowland, East Africa Geothermal Facility Online Webinar Series 2 (source: Geothermal Institute)
Carlo Cariaga 31 May 2022

As part of the East Africa Geothermal Webinar Series 2, three final webinars will take place on Inside a binary plant, Direct use, and Physical controls on hydrothermal fluid flow in East Africa. Registration is currently open.

Registration is now open for three last webinars as part of the East Africa Geothermal Facility Webinar Series. This is a series of webinars organized by the New Zealand – Africa Geothermal Facility.

The webinars are generally 1.5 hours in length and include a pre-recorded video presentation, possibly with links to additional reading.  Participants’ questions will be addressed in a later live Zoom Q&A session. The course presenters are internationally recognized experts in their field from New Zealand and they will be available during the live Q&A sessions.

 

Title:  Inside a binary plant – processes and machinery

Speakers:  Marco Viola and Tracy Mills 

Q & A schedule: 9 June 2022, 10 AM East Africa Time

Registration link: Register here

The view from an engineer who has worked within one binary plant manufacturer and has commissioned plants in the Azores and Turkey. A description will be given of the main pieces of equipment, the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) cycle thermodynamics and how they are optimized.  Examples will be presented from real projects with wet and dry cooling.

 

Title:  Direct use

Speaker:  Associate Professor Sadiq Zarrouk

Q & A schedule: 14 June 2022, 10 AM East Africa Time

Registration link: Register here

Direct use is the utilisation of heat in geothermal fluid to provide energy for any end-use except electricity generation. The geothermal direct use industry has been witnessing > 50% growth every five years due to the numerous low-temperature resources worldwide. Main applications include space heating, greenhouse heating, industrial uses, aquaculture heating and recreation bathing and swimming.  The lecture provides an overview of direct use and the potential to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels.

 

Title:  Physical controls of hydrothermal fluid flow in East Africa

Speaker:  Associate Professor Julie Rowland

Q & A schedule: 16 June 2022, 10 AM East Africa Time

Registration link: Register here

Hydrothermal fluid flow is inextricably linked to the structural architecture and tectonic evolution of the crust. In this talk, JR introduces three structural fundamentals that combine to influence localisation of hydrothermal systems at province and regional scale. These are illustrated using examples from New Zealand, Indonesia, and East Africa. Drawing on global case studies of active and paleo- high T? geothermal systems, physical controls at reservoir scale are illustrated and conceptualised into models that can be considered in geothermal exploration and development. The webinar concludes by application of these concepts to hydrothermal fluid flow in East Africa.

Source: Geothermal Institute, The University of Auckland