Developing the geothermal resources map of Iran

Yousefi, Hossein; Noorollahi, Younes; Ehara, Sachio; Itoi, Ryuichi; Yousefi, Amin; Fujimitsu, Yasuhiro; Nishijima, Jun; Sasaki, Kyuro

doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2009.11.001

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“…Geothermal energy exploration requires the combination of several survey and investigation results (such as geological, geophysical, and geochemical) to determine the most prospect area for further development. The GIS overlay Boolean and overlay weighted techniques were used to map the best prospect areas for geothermal energy and well sitting in many countries such as Iran [3], Japan [4], [5], Turkey [6] and Mexico [7].…”

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Prospect Area Mapping for Geothermal Energy Exploration in Afghanistan

Anwarzai¹,

Nagasa²

2017

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Abstract-One of the cleanest energy sources is geothermal. To generate electricity or to directly use as heat this sustainable resource proper investigation of reservoir characteristics is required. The purpose of this research is to determine the best prospect location of geothermal reservoirs for further investigation in Afghanistan. To achieve this goal, the geological, geophysical, and geochemical evidence maps (such as volcanic dome and rock, fault, high temperature, intrusive rock, geopressured, hot spring, and hydrothermal mineral areas) were created in GIS (Geographical Information System) ArcMap 10.1. The GIS geoprocessing tools (such as buffer, union, and intersection) were used to define the best prospect areas of geothermal energy resources. The result of this study is the first digital map of prospect areas for geothermal resources in Afghanistan. Besides known hot springs, it has determined the wide potential areas around the load centers and big cities of the country.

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Prospect Area Mapping for Geothermal Energy Exploration in Afghanistan

Anwarzai¹,

Nagasa²

2017

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“…The working fluid vaporizes in heat exchanger and high pressure vapor drives the turbine, and the exhausted hot water from heat exchanger is then reinjected back into the ground. Researchers have modeled, optimized and examined the properties of different working fluids to improve the net power production of binary geothermal power plants (Yousefi et al, 2010;Ghasemi et al, 2013a,b;Franco and Villani, 2009;Hung et al, 2010;Jalillnasrabady and, Itoi, 2012).…”

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Numerical simulation of power production from abandoned oil wells in Ahwaz oil field in southern Iran

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“…This is demonstrated by the frequent occurrence of geothermal systems within tectonically active regions and associated with geologically-young or active structures. In addition to regional geology data, mapped and interpreted geological structures and geometries at depth are important pillars for assessing geothermal resources and creating favourability maps (e.g., Noorollahi et al, 2008;Yousefi et al, 2010;Tufekci et al, 2010;Shako and Mutua, 2011). Some line of evidence also suggests that faults can also act as barriers, enhancing or preventing fluid flow according to fault zone architecture and related permeability structures (e.g., Sibson, 1990;Caine et al, 1996;Gudmundsson et al, 2001;Faulkner et al, 2010).…”

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“…We introduce here the terminology of "favourability" maps, previously adopted by similar studies (e.g., Prol-Ledesma, 2000;Coolbaugh et al, 2002;Noorollahi et al, 2007;Yousefi et al, 2010;Tufekci et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%