GreenFire Energy has authored, published, and presented a series of research papers regarding closed-loop geothermal, sCO2 power cycles and more. Most of these projects were conducted in close collaboration with national laboratories, major universities and experts in a wide variety of disciplines.
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Construction a Test Facility to Demonstrate and Commercially Scale Geothermal Technologies – GRC 2023
Klenner, R.1, Angolano, J.1, Long, T.1, Rich, P.1, Antle, R.1, Amaya, A.2, Chandrasekar, H.2, Golla, G.2, Murtland, C.3, Bordenave, R.3, Hill, J.4, Roussie, G.4
1. Baker Hughes 2. GreenFire Energy 3. ICE Thermal Harvesting 4. Vallourec New Energies
Coupled Thermal Hydraulic Mechanical and Chemical (THMC) Modeling of the GreenLoop System in the Southeast Geysers, CA – GRC 2023
Harish Chandrasekar, Eric Sonnenthal, Alvaro Amaya, Jonny Rutqvist, Curtis Oldenburg, Glenn Golla, Fred Manuel, Rob Klenner, Anthony Ng, Savi Ellis, Benson Gilbert, Joseph Scherer
Coupled Thermal Hydraulic Mechanical and Chemical (THMC) Modeling of the GreenLoop System in the Southeast Geysers, CA – GRC 2023 (presentation)
Harish Chandrasekar, Eric Sonnenthal, Alvaro Amaya, Jonny Rutqvist, Curtis Oldenburg, Glenn Golla, Fred Manuel, Rob Klenner, Anthony Ng, Savi Ellis, Benson Gilbert, Joseph Scherer
Residual Heat Extraction From Depleted Heavy-Oil Wells in Thermal EOR
Ray Alvarado, Saul Molina, Harish Chandrasekar, Alvaro Amaya, Joseph Scherer
Residual Heat Extraction From Depleted Heavy-Oil Wells in Thermal EOR (presentation)
Ray Alvarado, Saul Molina, Harish Chandrasekar, Alvaro Amaya, Joseph Scherer
The Impact of the GreenLoop Closed-Loop Geothermal System at The Geysers Geothermal Reservoir – NGAP 2023 (presentation)
Joseph Scherer, Glenn Golla, Alvaro Amaya, Harish Chandrasekar, Hollis Chin, Steven Brown
September 28, 2023
The GreenLoop Closed-Loop Geothermal (CLG) System: Optimizing Power Generation and Evaluating Its Impact on the Reservoir – IIGCE September 2023 (presentation)
Joseph Scherer, Glenn Golla, Harish Chandrasekar, Alvaro Amaya, Hollis Chin, Steven Brown, Eric Sonnenthal, Jonny Rutqvist, and Curt Oldenburg
September 2023
The GreenLoop Closed-Loop Geothermal (CLG) System: Optimizing Power Generation and Evaluating Its Impact on the Reservoir – IIGCE 2023
Joseph Scherer, Glenn Golla, Harish Chandrasekar, Alvaro Amaya, Hollis Chin, Steven Brown, Eric Sonnenthal, Jonny Rutqvist, and Curt Oldenburg
September 2023
Repurposing Oil and Gas Wells to Produce Electricity Using the GreenLoop Closed-Loop Geothermal Technology – IPA 2023
Glenn Golla, Iwan Chandra, Kevin McCarthy, Joseph Scherer, Hollis Chin, Robert Klenner
July 25, 2023
Geothermal Fast Track, Indonesia Executive Seminar Presentations
February 15, 2023
Comparison of Water, sCO2, and Organic Hydrocarbons as Working Fluids for the GreenLoop System and ORC Unit, Stanford Geothermal Workshop 2023
Harish Chandrasekar, Alvaro Amaya, Saul Molina, Ray Alvarado, Joseph Scherer, Glenn Golla
February 2023
Progress for Closed-Loop Geothermal Projects in Steam and Two-Phase Dominated Reservoirs, NGAP Conference 2022 (presentation)
Joseph Scherer
October 2022
Progress for Closed-Loop Geothermal Projects in Steam and Two-Phase Dominated Reservoirs, NGAP Conference 2022
Joseph Scherer1, Alvaro Amaya1, Harish Chandrasekar1, Hollis Chin1, Glenn Golla1, Fred Manuel2,Robert Klenner3, Erlindo Angcoy, Jr.4
1GreenFire Energy Inc., 2Manuel Weyman Group, 3Baker Hughes, 4Energy Development Corporation
October 2022
Progress for Closed-Loop Geothermal Projects in Steam and 2-Phase Dominated Reservoirs
Joseph Scherer a, Alvaro Amaya a, Harish Chandrasekar a, Fred Manuel b, Benson Gilbert c and Taylor Mattied
a GreenFire Energy, b Manuel Weyman Group, c California Energy Commission, d Baker Hughes
August 2022
Progress for Closed-Loop Geothermal Projects in Steam and 2-Phase Dominated Reservoirs (presentation)
Joseph Scherer a, Alvaro Amaya a, Harish Chandrasekar a, Fred Manuel b, Benson Gilbert c and Taylor Mattied
a GreenFire Energy, b Manuel Weyman Group, c California Energy Commission, d Baker Hughes
August 2022
Geothermal Energy as a Premium Power Source
John R. Muir, Andrew J. Van Horn, Joseph Hill
August 2022
Geothermal Energy as a Premium Power Source (presentation)
John R. Muir, Andrew J. Van Horn, Joseph Hill
August 2022
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Closed-Loop Geothermal in Steam and 2-Phase Dominated Reservoirs, NGAP Conference 2021
Alvaro Amaya, Harish Chandrasekar, Joseph Scherer, Brian Higgins
October 2021 -
Closed-Loop Geothermal in Steam Dominated Reservoirs, GRC Transactions, Vol 45, 2021
Brian Higgins, Joseph Scherer, Alvaro Amaya, Harish Chandrasekar, and Andrew Van Horn
October 2021 -
The Benefits of Geothermal Power, Evolution of the U.S. Electricity Grid, and the Need for Geothermal Research
Andrew Van Horn, Phillip Muller, Robert Pilko, Alvaro Amaya, John Muir, and Joseph Scherer
October 2021 -
Causes of California’s Rotating Outages and A Resilient, Reliable Remedy: Geothermal Power. IAEE Energy Forum, Second Quarter 2021
Andrew Van Horn
May 2021 -
New Opportunities and Applications for Closed-Loop Geothermal Energy Systems
Andrew Van Horn, Alvaro Amaya, Brian Higgins, John Muir, Joe Scherer, Robert Pilko, Malcolm Ross
July 2020 -
California Energy Commission, Consultant Report: Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration Project
Joseph A. Scherer, Brian Higgins, John R. Muir, Alvaro Amaya
June 2020 -
GreenFire Energy Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as Working Fluid
Alvaro Amaya, Joseph Scherer, John Muir, Mehul Patel, and Brian Higgins
February 10-12, 2020 -
GreenFire Energy Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration at the Coso Geothermal Field
Brian Higgins, John Muir, Joe Scherer, and Alvaro Amaya
September, 2019 -
The Effect of Well Density on Resource Depletion for a Vertical Closed-Loop sCO2 Geothermal Well System
Don Fox and Brian Higgins
October 25, 2016 -
Is the Plastic Zone the New Geothermal Frontier? Geothermal Resources Council Bulletin
John R. Muir
May/June 2016 -
Process Modeling of a Closed-Loop sCO2 Geothermal Power Cycle
Brian Higgins
March 30, 2016 -
Numerical Simulation of Critical Factors Controlling Heat Extraction from Geothermal Systems Using a Closed-Loop Heat Exchange Method
Curtis M. Oldenburg, Lehua Pan, Mark P. Muir, Alan D. Eastman, and Brian S. Higgins
February 22-24, 2016 -
GreenFire Energy Presentation for CEC Clean Energy Workshop, Feb 18 2016
John R. Muir and Andrew J. Van Horn
February 18, 2016 -
Using Supercritical CO2 for Closed-Loop Geothermal
Brian Higgins
February 5, 2016