Machine Learning for Enhancing Geothermal energy production
MALEG
Call 2 2019
The key target of this project is developing a new AI-based tool, "MALEG" (Machine Learning for Enhancing.
Geothermal energy production) to study and quantify the impact of enhanced heat extraction from thermal waters on geothermal plants in terms of their two most significant aspects, the geochemical and economic characteristics. At the same time, the MALEG simulation tool will be developed for onsite operation and act as a “digital twin controller” for geothermal plants. Comprehensive geochemical sampling campaigns will accompany this development.
The AI-based tool resulting in a digital twin will be part of the “MALEG demonstration system” and complemented by a field laboratory constituting a corresponding “hardware twin”. It is conceived to emulate a geothermal plant with process technology for geothermal brine treatment and mineral extraction.
Main Coordinator: Joachim Koschikowski, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Website: https://maleg.eu/
Partners:
- Fraunhofer ISE
- KIT – Geothermal Energy and Reservoir-Technology
- Hydroisotop
- hydroFilt
- Geosaic GmbH
- Transmark Renewables
Associated partners
- Fernwärme Haag Geothermie
- Geothermie Unterschleißheim AG
Total investment
1,788,102 €
Participant
Final report
Call 3
RECOIN
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Call 2 2017
First series of funded projects
HECTAPUS
HEating Cooling Transition and Acceleration with Phase change energy Utilisation Storage
FLXenabler
Flexible heating and cooling and geothermal energy storage as an enabler for decarbonized integrated energy systems
Galleries 2 Calories G2C
Galleries 2 Calories
SORPTES
Pilot Testing Sorption based thermal energy storage
DEPLOI
DEmonstrate Production enhancement through LOw cost dIrectional steel shot drilling for district HEATing
PERFORM II
Improving Geothermal System Performance Through Filter Technology Development
The CHANGE
The Cooling and Heating transition Acceleration via Network Geothermal Energy
Call 2 2019
DEMO FTES
Development, Monitoring, and Control of Fracture Thermal Energy Storage in Crystalline Rock Formations
CO2inLoop
Extended sector coupling systems of district heating and cooling technology using CO2 as a heat transfer medium
GOES
Geothermal-based Optimized Energy Systems
S-GeoHeat
Shallow-Geothermal sourced Low-Temperature District Heating
GeoCohort
Geothermal Community Heat Technology and Transfer
Joint Call 2021
Accelerating the Heating and Cooling Transition.
DEEPLIGHT
Novel concept to construct cost-effective geothermal wells with Electro Pulsed Power technolog
PERFORM
Improving Geothermal System Performance by Scaling and Corrosion Prevention and Injectivity Enhancement
DEEPEN
Understanding roots of magmatic geothermal systems and finding superhot resources
GeConnect
Highlights improvements in well design to reduce the risk of casing failures due to thermal expansion in geothermal wells.
SEE4GEO
Power of seismoelectric effects technology for geothermal resource assessment and monitoring development
ZoDrEx
ZoDrEx project aims to demonstrate drilling, completion, and production of products and technologies that will increase the technical and economic chances of success in geothermal energy applications.
GEO-URBAN
Identification and Assessment of Deep GEOthermal Heat Resources in Challenging URBAN Environments
GRE-GEO
Power of seismoelectric effects technology for geothermal resource assessment and monitoring development
RESULT
Developing advanced cement systems resistant to repeated thermo-mechanical cycling for a wide temperature range
TEST-CEM
Developing advanced cement systems resistant to repeated thermo-mechanical cycling for a wide temperature range
CAGE
Installing geothermal wells using crane-based casing while drilling Huisman Composite Tubulars with MaxFlow™ connections
DEEP
Working towards reliable procedures to assess and reduce the seismic risk to maintain the social licenses to operate geothermal energy
GEOFOOD
Greener way to a better world
HEATSTORE
CAGE is a development and demonstration project of several cost-saving and output-improving installation technologies.
Coseismiq
Working towards a reliable support tool controlling seismicity and managing induced earthquakes during geothermal operations
SPINE
Developing tools for stress profiling in the crystalline rock to estimate stimulation efficiency and seismicity linked to subsurface heat exchangers
