Identifying potential scale-forming minerals minerals from Leduc brines during geothermal power productionThese thesis is a preliminary assessment of mineral scaling risk involved with using fluids from the Leduc formation for geothermal power production. It forms a foundation for experimental work on this topic.T05-P02 | Publication | 2019-04-18 | Ashley Went, Jonathan C. Banks |
Estimating parasitic loads related to brine production from a hot sedimentary aquifer geothermal project: a case study from the Clarke Lake gas field, British Columbia This is peer-reviewed publication on the pumping power require to produce 1 MWe of geothermal power at the Clarke Lake gas field in NE British Columbia. It is one part of a comprehensive look we are taking at this field.T05-P02 | Publication | 2020-02-05 | Jonathan C. Banks, Arif Rabbani, Evan Renaud |
Multivariate analysis of water chemistry in Devonian Strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Implications for geothermal energy development Applied GeochemistryOverview of geochemical risks associate with circulation of Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin fluids.T05-P02 | Publication | 2021-05-16 | Arif Rabbani, Jonathan C. Banks, "Jordan Brinsky", "Dan Palombi" |
Techno-economic assessment for heating cattle feed water with low-temperature geothermal energy: a case study from central Alberta, CanadaT05-P04 University of Alberta | Publication | 2022-10-31 | |
Long-term Prediction on a Tube-and-annulus Geothermal Production Model via Abandoned Oil/gas Wells in Hinton, Alberta, CanadaThis is a paper detailing thermal production with a tube and annulus heat exchanger in a single deep borehole.T05-P02 | Publication | 2019-12-11 | Xincheng (Alex) Hu, Jonathan C. Banks, Wei Victor Liu |
Considering buried depth in the moving finite line source model for vertical borehole heat exchangers - a new solutionThis is a modeling paper that explores the effects of burial depth on the efficiency of shallow geothermal wellsT05-P02 | Publication | 2020-03-23 | "Yunting Gao", Xincheng (Alex) Hu, Jonathan C. Banks, Wei Victor Liu |
Retrofitting abandoned petroleum wells as doublet deep borehole heat exchangers for geothermal energy production—a numerical investigation Renewable EnergyExploring transient thermodynamic properties during the operation of a deep bore hole heat exchangerT05-P02 | Publication | 2021-05-27 | Xincheng (Alex) Hu, Jonathan C. Banks, Yunting Guo, Wei Victor Liu |
Numerical modeling of an enhanced geothermal system for geothermal energy production from abandoned wells, Applied Thermal Engineering.(paper was rejected)T05-P02 | Publication | 2021-05-16 | Xincheng (Alex) Hu, Jonathan C. Banks, Yunting Guo, Wei Victor Liu |
Utilizing geothermal energy from enhanced geothermal systems as a heat source for oil sands separation: A numerical evaluationWellbore and reservoir thermal power production models for the Ft. McMurray areaT05-P02 | Publication | 2021-08-14 | Xincheng (Alex) Hu, Jonathan C. Banks, Yunting Guo, Wei Victor Liu |
In-situ generated hydroxides realize near-unity CO selectivity for electrochemical CO2 reductionT02-P03 University of Alberta | Publication | 2022-04-01 | Jing Xiao, Subiao Liu, Pengfei Sui, Xincheng (Alex) Hu, "Lu Gong ", Zeng, H., Luo, J. |
Regional evaluation of the geothermal potential in the Cardium Formation in AlbertaT05-P02 | Publication | 2021-04-16 | Bennett Braun |
Considering buried depth for vertical borehole heat exchangers in a borehole field with groundwater flow—An extended solutionT05-P02 | Publication | 2021-01-20 | Yunting Guo, "Xingchen Hu", Jonathan C. Banks, Wei Victor Liu |
A new semi-analytical solution addressing varying heat transfer rates for U-shaped vertical borehole heat exchangers in multilayered ground.T05-P02 | Publication | 2023-07-01 | Yunting Guo, G Huang ", W V Liu |
Analysis of Alberta Precambrian Basement core and modelling the fracture characteristics necessary to for operating and Enhanced Geothermal System in the Alberta Precambrian BasementThis is bachelor's thesis that add important data to our knowledge of Alberta's Precambrian Basement. It provides a foundation for ongoing research into Alberta's Precambrian Basement as a geothermal resourceT05-P02 | Publication | 2019-04-18 | Samuel Johnson, Jonathan C. Banks |
Ross River Well Core LoggingI spent one week in the Whitehorse logging core we pulled from the well we drilled in Ross River. Subsequently, a student of our assisted in XRD and thin section analysis of the core.T05-P01 | Activity | 2019-04-18 | Jonathan C. Banks |
Geological structure, thermal spring distribution, and geothermal energy potential in the southern Canadian CordilleraPoster presented at the Resources for Future Generations Conference, VancouverT05-P01 | Activity | 2018-06-16 | Theron Finley, Martyn Jonathan Unsworth, "Stephen Johnston", Jonathan C. Banks |
Structural settings of convective hydrothermal systems in southeastern British Columbia (parts of NTS 082E–G, J–O,083C, D)Report published in Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2020; Energy and WaterT05-P01 | Publication | 2020-01-20 | Theron Finley, "Stephen Johnston", Martyn Jonathan Unsworth, Jonathan C. Banks, "Dinu Pana" |
Post-Eocene kinematics of faults that host potential geothermal systems in southeastern British ColumbiaExtended abstract submitted to geothermal energy session at GeoConvention conference in CalgaryT05-P01 | Publication | 2020-09-21 | Theron Finley, "Stephen Johnston", Martyn Jonathan Unsworth, Jonathan C. Banks, "Dinu Pana" |
Structural and neotectonic controls on thermal spring locations in the southeastern Canadian Cordillera / southeastern British ColumbiaManuscript in preparation for a scholarly peer-reviewed journalT05-P01 | Publication | 2022-06-07 | Theron Finley, "Stephen Johnston", Martyn Jonathan Unsworth, Jonathan C. Banks |
Geothermal Energy in Canada – Times Are “a Changing”Review of geothermal energy development in CanadaT05-P01, T05-P02 | Publication | 2020-10-12 | "Catherine Hickson", "Jasmin Raymond", "Maurice Dusseault", "Tiffany Fraser", "Katie Huang", Kirsten Marcia Marcia Kirsten, "Mafalda Miranda", "Bastien Poux", "Katherine Fiess", "Grant Ferguson", "Janis Dale", Jonathan C. Banks, Martyn Jonathan Unsworth, "Brian Brunskill", "Steve Grasby", "Jeff Witter" |
Structural and neotectonic controls on hydrothermal upwellings in the southeastern Canadian CordilleraT05-P01 | Publication | 2020-10-26 | Theron Finley, "Stephen Johnston", Martyn Jonathan Unsworth, Jonathan C. Banks, "Dinu Pana" |
The structural settings of convective hydrothermal systems in southeastern British Columbia, CanadaT05-P01 | Publication | 2020-04-27 | Theron Finley, "Stephen Johnston", Martyn Jonathan Unsworth, Jonathan C. Banks, "Dinu Pana", Cedar Hanneson |
A numerical study on compositional modeling of two-phase fluid flow and heat transfer in vertical wells.Geothermal energy is a sustainable and renewable source that can be extracted by circulating a single- or two-phase fluid through a geothermal well system. Two-phase flow and heat transfer models are required for predicting pressure and temperature profiles in oil, gas, and geothermal wells. We model fluid flow, thermodynamics and heat transfer in an idealised vertical well for single-(i.e., water) and two-phase fluid mixtures (CO2-, and air-water) under a bubbly flow regime. First, we calibrated a Peng-Robinson Equation of State (PR-EOS) for CO2-, and air-water systems. Second, we solved continuity, energy and momentum equations and modelled transient conductive heat transfer through the well.. Third, we investigated the effects of mass flow rate, transient heat transfer, single- and two-phase fluid on the extracted power, temperature, and pressure profiles of the deep well bore heat exchanger. The results show that the temperature of the hot fluid decreases as it flows to the surface both in the case of adiabatic flow and in cases with heat loss. The mass flow rate controls the fluid temperature drop during its ascent to the surface (∆T of 11.2 °C and 87.8 °C at mass flow rates of 7 kg/s and 0.02 kg/s, respectively). The production pressure of a gas-liquid phase system is higher than that of a system with single liquid phase at the same injection pressure, temperature, and mass flow rate. Increasing mass flow rate up to a threshold value leads to an increase in the production pressure. Above the threshold mass flow rate (i.e., 7 kg/s in this study), the production pressure reduces because of the significant increase in the frictional pressure drop. Production temperature, production pressure, and total power increases over time due to the local heating around the production well and reduction of the heat loss. T05-P02, T05-P03, T05-P04 | Publication | 2021-05-12 | Sara Eghbali, Jonathan C. Banks, David S. Nobes |
Roadmaps and Roadblocks for Energy Transformation: Converting Oil and Gas Wells to Geothermal ResourcesT05-P02, T05-P04 University of Alberta | Publication | 2021-12-17 | Kabir Nadkarni, Lefsrud, L., Jonathan C. Banks, Daniel Schiffner |
A reservoir model for geothermal energy production from the Middle Devonian Slave Point FormationReservoir model of the Clarke Lake geothermal playT05-P02 | Publication | 2021-05-07 | Evan Renaud, "John Weissenberger", Nicholas B. Harris, Jonathan C. Banks, "Brandon WIlson" |
Geochemical changes associated with high-temperature thermal heat storage at intermediate depth: thermodynamic equilibrium models for the DeepStor site in the Upper Rhine Graben, GermanyGeochemical risk assessment for pilot storage system at the KIT in GermanyT05-P02 | Publication | 2021-09-24 | Jonathan C. Banks, Spencer Poulette, "Jens Grimmer", "Frank Bauer", "Eva Schill" |
Geothermal Energy in Canada – Moving Forward in 2021T05-P01 | Publication | 2021-10-01 | C J Hickson,, "Noone, F.", "Raymond, J.", "Dusseault, M.", "Fraser, T.", "Huang, K.", "Marcia, K.", "Miranda, M.", "Poux, B.", "Fiess, K.", "Ebell, J.", "Ferguson, G.", "Dale, J.", "Groenewoud, L.", Jonathan C. Banks, Martyn Jonathan Unsworth, "Brunskill, B.", S E Grasby,, "Witter, J." |
Modern dextral strain controls active hydrothermal systems in the southeastern Canadian CordilleraResearch paper in Geological Society of America BulletinT05-P01 | Publication | 2022-11-29 | Theron Finley, "Stephen Johnston", Martyn Jonathan Unsworth, Jonathan C. Banks, "Dinu Pana" |