Session 7D: Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Session 7D: Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Date
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Session Time
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Session Location
Tuscany 4

Abundant geothermal energy is under our feet everywhere, but its extraction needs sufficiently efficient and economic engineered solutions. The session will solicit new approaches in design, innovation, and technology for the creation of Enhanced or Engineered Geothermal Systems.

  • 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM | Response Surface Analysis of Biopolymer Gel Performance in Fractured High Temperature Formations | Presenting Author: Farhad Bina
  • 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM | Fracture Characterization from Chemical Transients | Presenting Author: William Kibikas
  • 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM | Mitigating Thermal Short-Circuiting in Enhanced Geothermal Systems Using Stimuli-Responsive Silica-Based Nanofluids | Presenting Author: Saeed Salehi
  • 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | Evaluation of Microgel for In-depth Fluid Redistribution in Enhanced Geothermal Reservoirs | Presenting Author: Yanbo Liu
  • 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM | Geochemical Stability and Alteration Mechanisms of Proppant Materials in Reactive Enhanced Geothermal Systems | Presenting Author: Bruce Mutume
  • 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM | Laboratory Assessment of Proppant Durability and Reactivity in Simulated Geothermal Reservoir Conditions | Presenting Author: Jerjes Porlles Hurtado