Assessment of geothermal application for electricity production from the prairie evaporite formation of Williston Basin in South-West Manitoba

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dc.contributor.authorFiroozy, Niloofar
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeAlfaro, Marolo (Civil Engineering) Cenkowski, Stefan (Biosystems Engineering)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorHolländer, Hartmut (Civil Engineering)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-25T14:00:59Z
dc.date.available2016-10-25T14:00:59Z
dc.date.issued2015-06-09en_US
dc.date.issued2016-10en_US
dc.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, the potential of enhanced geothermal system to provide adequate energy to a 10 MW electricity power plant from Prairie Evaporite Formation of Williston Basin was investigated. This formation partly consists of halite with low thermal resistance and high thermal conductivity, which translates into a lower drilling length to reach the desired temperature, comparing to other rock types. To this end, two numerical models with experimental data in south-west Manitoba (i.e. Tilston) and south-east Saskatchewan (i.e. Generic) were designed. The thermal reservoirs were located at 1.5 km (Tilston site) and 3 km (Generic site) with approximate thicknesses of 118 m. Considering an injection brine of 6% NaCl at 15°C, the final derived temperature at wellhead of the production wells were 43°C and 105°C respectively. Finally, the Generic site was concluded as a suitable candidate for electricity production by providing higher surfaced fluid temperature than the minimum of 80°C.en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2017en_US
dc.identifier.citationFiroozy, N. and Holländer, H.M. (2015), Potential of geothermal energy from deep saline formations of the Williston Basin. 13th International UFZ-Deltares conference on sustainable use and management of soil, sediment and water resources, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2015.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHolländer, H.M. and Firoozy, N. (2016): Simulation of heat and fluid transfer of an EGS well system for electricity production in the Williston Basin. GeoVancouver, Vancouver, BC, 02.10.-05.10.2016, Canada, 2016.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31898
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher13th International UFZ-Deltares Conference on Sustainable Use and Management of Soil, Sediment and Water Resourcesen_US
dc.publisherGeoVancouver 2016en_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectGeothermal applicationen_US
dc.subjectElectricity productionen_US
dc.subjectWilliston Basinen_US
dc.subjectPrairie Evaporiteen_US
dc.subjectHaliteen_US
dc.subjectEnhanced Geothermal System (EGS)en_US
dc.titleAssessment of geothermal application for electricity production from the prairie evaporite formation of Williston Basin in South-West Manitobaen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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