Research Projects and Publications
Techno-economic analysis of hydrogen production with electricity from Fljótsdalur hydropower plant in Iceland
Author: Védís Vaka Vignisdóttir
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, María S. Guðjónsdóttir
Fabrication of Semi-Transparent Perovskite Solar Cells Suitable for 4-Terminal Silicon-Perovskite Tandem Cell Applications.
Author: Zoe Grace Bodinetz
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Halldór Guðfinnur Svavarsson, Professor Adelio Mendes, Dr. Seydali Emami
Fracture Analysis for Potential Heat Storage in Tromsø, Norway
Author: Thomas Lorenzo Villalobos
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Eivind Bastesen, Juliet Ann Newson
Effect of Hyper-Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion on Microbial Health and Biogas Viability.
Author: Noah Christy
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Halldór Guðfinnur Svavarsson, Jean-Baptiste Joos
Economic Feasibility of a Utility-Scale Battery in Iceland
Student: Nathanael Rybin
Year: 2023
Supervisor: Ewa L. Carlson
Insights in Environmental Attitudes: Economic and Psychological Methods for Engaging Electricity Utility Customers and Electric Vehicle Drivers
Student: Max Andrew Gamerman
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Randall Morgan Greene, Simon Einarsson
A Feasibility Analysis of a Potential Wind farm In Keldur: Turbine Selection, Production Prediction, and Leading Edge Erosion Review.
Author: Lorenzo Semadeni Muller
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Ármann Gylfason, Ketill Sigurjohnson
Thermo-economical model development of repurposing oil and gas wells for geothermal energy. Case study Ecuador
Author: Laura C. Bocanegra Rodriguez
Year: 2023
Supervisor: Vijay Chauhan
VoI + Geothermal + Seismic: value of seismic survey in geothermal assessment
Author: Juri Muzi
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Juliet Ann Newson, Egill Júlíusson
Understanding Acceptance and Opposition to Geothermal Energy Projects in Iceland
Author: Julia Reimer
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Juliet Ann Newson, Ben Kennedy, Rie Hjørnegaard Malm
Site selection of a WtE plant in Iceland based on utilization of value streams
Author: Jóhannes Ólafsson
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Teitur Gunnarsson
Geoejector: Extracting geothermal fluid from a low-pressure geothermal well
Author: Jeffrey Macatangay Andal
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Guðmundur Kristjánsson, María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir, Egill Juliusson
Modelling and Power Flow analysis of the Electrical Distribution System at Norðurál Aluminium Plant
Author: Hörður Hermannsson
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Guðmundur Kristjánsson, Ragnar Kristjánsson
Direct mixing of geothermal water and condensate into heated groundwater at Nesjavellir power station
Author: Haukur Darri Hauksson
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Baldur Brynjarsson, Arna Páldsdóttir
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION IN ICELAND
Student: Gunnlaug Helga Ásgeirsdóttir
Year: 2023
Supervisor: Randall Morgan Greene
Energy Security in Select Eastern European Countries: Index for Evaluation and Comparison
Author: Erin Renee Lawyer
Year: 2023
Supervisor: Dr. Ewa L. Carlson
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrogen Production in Iceland and the EU-27
Student: Drew Jacob Barron
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, María Guðjónsdóttir, Einar Ásbjörnsson
Experimental Analysis of Non-Catalytic Methane Pyrolysis in a Tubular Reactor
Student: David Aguerrebere Jr
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, Jason Olfert, Ehsan Abbasi Atibeh
Optimization of Operating Parameters of a Carbon Free Aluminum Electrolysis Cell with Vertical Inert Cu/Ni/Fe Anodes
Student: Daníel Þór Gunnarsson
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, Guðmundur Gunnarsson
Economic and Environmental Feasibility of Energy Extraction from brine of a Geothermal Wellhead Plant
Student: Damaris Wacera Njoroge
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Hlynur Stefánsson
Reactive Transport Modeling of CO2-Rich Injection Fluids in the Ngawha Geothermal System
Student: Carter Daniel Johnson
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Juliet Ann Newson, Thomas Ratouis
Technical viability of underground hydrogen storage in cased borehole
Student: Antoine Bachand
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Jasmin Raymond, Bernard Doyon
Feasibility Study of a PET Mechanical Recycling Plant in Iceland
Student: Anna Marie Grace Reneau
Year: 2023
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörgsson
Permafrost Mitigation Solutions for Underground Thermal Energy Storage in Baker Lake, Nunavut
Student: Abra Roberta Gold
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Jasmin Raymond, Mafalda M. Miranda
Media Recycling in Commercial Scale Spirulina platensis Cultivation
Author: Alexandria Rae Massey
Year: 2023
Supervisors: Guðrún Sævarsdóttir, Ari Ingimundarson
West Virginia: A Post-Mortem of Economic Challenges Experienced by Coal Communities in a Time of Shifting Energy Trends
Author: Courtney Eileen MacDonald
Year: 2023
Supervisor: Juliet Ann Newson
Harmonic/Transient Analysis of the RARIK Distribution Network
Author: Andri Viðar Kristmannsson
Year: 2023
Supervisor: Ragnar Kristjánsson
Analysis of the Concepts of Self-Sufficiency of RES of the Local Energy Community of Luče, Slovenia
Author: Nicole Bird
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. Ewa L. Carlson, Dr. Andrej Gubina
Life cycle assessment for selected Blue Lagoon skincare products
Author: Silvana Loayza Leon
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. Halldór G. Svavarsson, Dr. Einar J. Ásbjörnsson, Fannar Jónsson
3D Conceptual and Numerical Model of Geyser Valley, Wairakei Geothermal Field New Zealand
Author: Madison Mackenzie
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. Juliet Ann Newson
Optimization of Geothermal Well Control for a Sustainable Production Strategy using Stock Reservoir Modelling
Author: Arkaitz Manterola Donoso
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir, Dr. Egill Júlíusson, Dr. Hlynur Stefánsson
Geothermal Conceptual and Numerical Modelling of a Gas-Condensate Field in the Eastern Llanos Basin, Colombia
Author: Andrés Felipe Laverde Martínez
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. Juliet Ann Newson, Dr. Camilo Franco Ariza, Chelsea Cervantes
A Comprehensive Assessment of Hveragerði's Geothermal District Heating System via Thermohydraulic Modeling and Simulation
Author: Corey Harpe
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, Dr. María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir, Dr. Egill Maron Þorbergsson
Comparing binary ORC systems in a single unit and a modular cascade configuration, using an ORC model for a low temperature geothermal resource
Author: Hjörleifur Þór Steingrímsson
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir
Why Geothermal? Analysis of Community Acceptance to Promote Energy Justice and Sustainable Development Strategies in Rural Argentina
Author: Jackson Marshall Grimes
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. Juliet Ann Newson
Planning of a Deep Geothermal Well to Reach Supercritical Steam
Author: Iaroslav Pyshakov
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Dr. Gunnar Skúlason Kaldal
Life Cycle Assessment of the Geothermal Power Plant in the Patuha Geothermal Field, Indonesia
Author: Gloria Gladis Sondakh
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Dr. Marta Rós Karlsdóttir, Dr. David Christian Finger
Gold Transport through the epithermal system in the Reykjanes Peninsula
Author: Benjamin Smith
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Juliet Ann Newson, Guðrún Sævarsdottir
Investigation of the water saving potential and electricity production using floating solar photovoltaics on the San Vicente Reservoir, California
Author: Keith Marc Pacelli Gonsalves
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Laurentiu Anton , Andri Gunnarsson
Technical and Feasibility Study for the San Vicente Geothermal Power Plant Project in El Salvador, Central America
Author: Angel Fernando Monroy Parada
Year: 2022
Supervisors: Dr. William Scott Harvey, Dr. Páll Jensson
3D Conceptual and TOUGH2 Modelling of the Waiotapu Geothermal Field, New Zealand
Author: Irfan Narendrotomo
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Juliet Ann Newson, Chelsea Arlette M. Cervantes
Thermo-economic Optimization of Slim Power Cycles: A Case of Ngozi Geothermal Project-Tanzania
Author: John Joseph Lubuva
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, Vijay Chauhan
CFD Analysis of Heat Storage and Recovery from Geothermal Water Exiting the Space Heating Radiator Using Phase Change Material
Author: Daiki Masumoto
Year: 2021
Supervisors: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir, Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, Vijay Chauhan
Reconfiguration of Distribution Systems to Reduce Power Loss using Ant Colony Optimization and Simulated Annealing
Author: Daniel Barrios Castilla
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Eliahu August, Kári Hreinsson, Laurentiu Anton
Analysis and Comparison of Energy Consumption and Energy Simulation in Rimaskóli Primary School
Author: Tenley Propst
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Jónas Þór Snæbjörnsson, Þórhildur Fjóla Kristjánsdóttir
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrogen Production via Electrolysis in Austria and Iceland
Author: Kristján Valur Vilbergsson
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, David C. Finger
Airfoil Selection for a Small-Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine; A Numerical Study
Author: Babak Ranjbaran
Year: 2021
Supervisor: Ármann Gylfason
Environmental Justice and its Borders - Croatian Nuclear Waste Management
Author: Azra Sehic
Year: 2021
Supervisor: David C. Finger
Material Flow Analysis of Plastic in Iceland - Moving Towards a Circular Economy
Author: Emilie Desjardins
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Hlynur Stefánsson
Geothermal District Heating Assessments Using Iterative Applications of Techno-Economic Simulation and Design Software in a Sparsely Populated Area of Helena, Montana, USA
Author: Nicholas Fry
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Juliet Newson, Jeff Birkby
Effect of Wellbore Scaling on Exergy in a Geothermal Fluid - A Computational Fluid Dynamic Wellbore Model Estimate
Author: Ilham Narendrodhipo
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, Vijay Chauhan
Modeling the Ambient Airflow in an Aluminum Electrolysis Cell Superstructure
Author: Sarah Elizabeth DiBenedetto
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir, Yonatan A. Tesfahunegn
Modelling the La Soufrière Hydrothermal System, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Author: Arthurton Bellot
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Juliet Ann Newson, Chelsea Arlette M. Cervantes
Feasibility of the Application of the CarbFix Method to Geothermal Power Plants Globally
Author: Agla Sól Pétursdóttir
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir
An Assessment of the Techno-Economic, Geopolitical and Strategic Feasibility of Exporting Hydrogen from Iceland to Europe
Author: Kit Pickford
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Ewa Lazarczyk Carlson, Páll Jensson
Evaluation of Power Loss from Corona Discharge on an ACSR ZEBRA 220 kV Conductor
Author: Trung Anh Tran
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Ragnar Kristjánsson, Laurentiu Anton
Evaluation of Relative Permeabilities and Excess Enthalpy Modelling for Geothermal Reservoirs
Author: Felix Sandström
Year: 2021
Supervisors: María Guðjónsdóttir, Samuel Warren Scott
Techno-Economic Analysis of Green Ammonia Production using Offshore Wind Farms
Author: Mariana Maia
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Guðrún Sævarsdóttir, Henrik Frandsen, Alessandro Singlitico
Computer Simulations of Ionic Diffusion in MAPI Perovskite
Author: Rachel Brophy
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Andrei Manolescu, Halldór Guðfinnur Svavarsson
Electric Vehicle Load Impact on 400 V Distribution System – Monte Carlo Simulation
Author: Róbert Bjarnar Ólafsson
Year: 2021
Supervisors: Laurentiu Anton, Kári Hreinsson
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Shipping/Maritime Industry and Shipping Container Repurposing/Recycling
Author: Veronica Martin
Year: 2020
Supervisor: R. Morgan Greene
Numerical Modelling of the Shallow Reinjection and Tracer Transport at Nesjavellir Geothermal System, Iceland. An Assessment of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
Author: Esteban Gomez
Year: 2020
Supervisors: Juliet Newson, Samuel Warren Scott, Thomas M.P. Ratouis
Energy and Food Security Using Geothermal Energy: A case study of Chumathang, Union Territory of Ladakh, India
Author: Kunzes Dolma
Year: 2020
Supervisors: Juliet Newson, Árni Ragnarsson
Futureproof Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations – Reducing LCOE and Environmental Impacts through Repowering Focused Selection
Author: Mary Boylan Hassan
Year: 2020
Supervisors: Ármann Gylfason, Elsa Joao, Edward Hart, and Rebecca Hall
Minimising Cost of Algae Production by Optimizing the Lighting Arrangement
Author: Jessica Nicole Ritchie
Year: 2020
Supervisors: Ari Ingimundarsson and Hlynur Stefansson
New Digital Substation at Sundahofn, System Modeling Design and Operation
Author: Ninoslav Vujisic
Year: 2020
Supervisor: Ragnar Kristjánsson
Feasibility Assessment of Decentralised, Layered-Decomposition Optimisation Structure for the EU Internal Energy Market
Author: Henry James Noller
Year: 2020
Supervisor: Randall Morgan Greene
Developing an Eco-Industrial Park; Structures and Policies: A Case study of the KenGen Green Energy Park, Kenya
Author: Irene Jepkorir Ronoh
Year: 2020
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson and Sigurður H. Markússon
Thermoeconomic Analysis and Optimisation of Geothermal Power Cycle Utilising Aqueous Potassium Carbonate for Scrubbing Superheated Steam
Author: Brandon Velasquez
Year: 2020
Supervisors: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir and Vijay Chauhan
Offshore Wind in Iceland: Wind Resource Assessment in Faxaflói Bay
Author: Marie Lovise Ve
Year: 2020
Supervisor: Laurențiu-Lucian Anton
3D conceptual model Hvíthólar sub-area, Krafla Geothermal Field Iceland
Author: Nataly Castillo Ruiz
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Juliet Newson, Egill Júlíusson, Anette Kaergaard Mortensen
A comparative analysis of the magnetic anomalies associated with the geothermal systems on Reykjanes peninsula
Author: Jillian Mary Verbeurgt
Year: 2019
Supervisor: Haraldur Auðunsson
Acid mine drainage as a domestic feedstock for rare earth element production
Author: Haley Hoover
Year: 2019
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson
Conversion of oil and gas wells to geothermal reinjection
Author: Vedran Zikovik
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Sverrir Þórhallsson, Juliet Ann Newson
An environmental and economic evaluation of construction & demolition waste based wood-composite pallets and virgin wood pallets
Author: Elizabeth Ellen Ernst
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Juliet Newson, Mika Horttanainen, Kaisa Grönman, Miia Liikanen
Evaluation study for an ammonia-fed and solid-oxide fuel cell powered trailing suction hopper dredger for Van Oord Offshore Contractors
Author: Thomas Cornelis
Year: 2019
Supervisor: Hlynur Stefánsson
The dynamic evolution of geothermal system in Lahendong, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Author: Lily Suherlina
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Maren Brehme, Juliet Newson, Yustin Kamah
Combined conceptual and supercritical numerical model of the Reykjanes peninsula
Author: Sam Alexander Barton
Year: 2019
Supervisors: John O'Sullivan, Juliet Newsson
Numerical modelling of the Hveragerði high temperature field
Author: Ragna Björk Bragadóttir
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Gunnar Gunnarsson, Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson
Impact analysis of electric vehicles charging on the Icelandic Power System
Author: Winnie Apiyo
Year: 2019
Supervisor: Ragnar Kristjánsson
Improving current efficiency in low-temperature aluminum electrolysis with vertical inert electrodes
Author: Caroline Mary Medino
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir, Halldór Guðfinnur Svavarsson, Guðmundur Gunnarsson
Multi-criteria wind energy siting assessment - A case study in the West Fjords
Author: Renata Bade Barajas
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Ármann Gylfason, Samuel Perkin, and Stefán Kári Sveinbjörnsson
An analysis of potential connection points for Hvalárvirkjun in the Westfjords
Author: Kieran Stewart Read
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Ragnar Kristjánsson, Samuel Perkin, Arndís Magnúsdóttir
Predicting weather-related transmission line failures using machine learning
Author: Roddy Akeel
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Samuel Perkin, Ragnar Kristjánsson
3D Modelling of faulting and intrusion of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, Colombia
Author: Chelsea Arlette Magpantay Cervantes
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Daniela Blessent, Juliet A. Newson
Multi-criteria wind energy siting assessment : a case study in the West Fjords
Author: Renata Stefanie Bade Barajas
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Ármann Gylfason, Samuel Nicholas Perkin, Stefán Kári Sveinbjörnsson
Alternative Heating Systems for Northern Remote Communities
Author: Evelyn Gunawan
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Jasmin Raymond, Nicolò Giordano, Juliet A. Newson, Páll Jensson
Financial Modelling and Analysis of Power Project Finance: A Case Study of Ngozi Geothermal Power Project, Southwest Tanzania
Author: Chagaka Kalimbia
Year: 2019
Supervisors: Páll Jensson
Feasibility study including preliminary design of a Micro-cycle binary power project with direct use applications for a single low temperature production well in Grafarbakki, Iceland
Author: Victoria Nyawira Nyaga
Year: 2019
Supervisors: William S. Harvey, Juliet A. Newson
UAV geothermal mapping in Austurengjar
Author: Jóhann Mar Ólafsson
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Juliet Newson, Victor Madrigal, and Daniel Ben-Yehoshua
Low temperature geothermal resources in abandoned mines of the Canadian Shield: A case study in the Chapais and Chibougamau area, Québec, Canada
Author: Andrea Louise Frances Morgan
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Juliet Newson and Jasmin Raymond
Deep Learning for Power System Restoration
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Ragnar Kristjánsson and Samuel Perkin
Deep Learning for Power System Restoration
Author: Alexander Moses Danielsson
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Ragnar Kristjánsson and Samuel Perkin
Assessment of Renewable Energy as Investment Opportunity: Risk-Return Impact
Author: Dwina Andini Soerono
Year: 2018
Supervisor: Stefan Wendt
3D modelling of the Reykir geothermal areas in Mosfellssveit, Iceland
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Juliet Ann Newson and Bjarni Reyr Kristjánsson
Investigating Solutions That Improve Islanding Resilience for the Snæfellsnes Transmission System
Author: Laurentiu Lucian Anton
Year: 2018
Supervisor: Ragnar Kristjánsson, Samuel Nicholas Perkin, and Guðjón Hugberg Björnsson
Design and Simulation of a DC Microgrid for a Small Island in Belize
Author: Jordan Ashley Grant
Year: 2018
Supervisor: Ragnar Kristjánsson
The Ring of Fire: Priority Setting for Nuclear Power in the North
Author: Enzo Diependaal
Year: 2018
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Akira Tokuhiro and Jennifer McKellar
The Ring of Fire: Priority Setting for Nuclear Power in the North
Author: Enzo Diependaal
Year: 2018
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Dr. Akira Tokuhiro, and Dr. Jennifer McKellar
Estimation of Sustainable Production Limit by Using Lumped Parameter and USGS Hydrotherm Simulation
Author: Yagiz Bostanci
Year: 2018
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson,
Numerical Modelling of Cold Water Injection into Supercritical Geothermal Reservoirs
Author: Riley S. Newman
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Juliet Newson, Michael O'Sullivan and John O'Sullivan
Modelling Consumer Type Specific Electricity Load in Iceland
Author: Berit Hanna Czock
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Ewa Lazarczyk Carlson and Samuel Perkin
Thermo-economic analysis of EGS/ Deep Geothermal Resources in the region of Alsace, France
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Páll Valdimarsson and William S. Harvey
Feasibility Study for Implementation of a Binary Power Plant in Lake Abhe Geothermal Area with a Particular Hot Arid Climate, Djibouti
Author: Hamoud Cheik
Year: 2018
Supervisor: María S. Guðjónsdóttir
3D Thermobaric Modelling of Central Spitsbergen - Implications for Gas Hydrate Occurrence
Author: Peter Betlem
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Kim Senger, Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson and Juliet Ann Newson
Stochastic Modelling of Krafla´s Magma Bodies
Author: James Catley
Year: 2018
Supervisor: Juliet Newson
Smart Reconfiguration of Electric Power Distribution Networks for Power Loss Minimization and Voltage Profile Optimization
Author: Alberto Landeros Rojas
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Mohamed Abdelfattah and Slawomir Kozil
The Economic Feasibility of a Wind Power Producer Operating in the Icelandic Regulating Market
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Ewa Lazarczyk Carlson and Stefán Kári Sveinbjörnsson
Wellbore Stability - Principles and Analysis in Geothermal Well Drilling
Author: Samuel Ikinya Nganga
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Juliet Newson and Björn Már Sveinbjörnsson
Resource Assessment of Geothermal Reservoir in Western Alberta and Evaluation of Utilisation Options Using Non-Renewable Energy Displacement
Author: Casey Lavigne
Year: 2018
Supervisors: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir
Steady State Numerical Modelling of Los Humeros Geothermal Field
Author: Scherezade Diaz Martos
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Juliet Newson
Inciting Residential Demand Side Participation in Electricity Markets: Three Elasticity Issues That Stand in the Way
Author: Sam Denison Bailly
Year: 2018
Supervisor: Ewa Lazarczyk Carlson
Geothermal Potential Evaluation of Lausanne, VD, Switzerland
Author: Romain Metge
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Juliet Newson and Francesco Barone
An Exploration of Critical Junctures for Public Participation in Multinational Final Nuclear Waste Disposal
Author: Anja Kathrin Ruess
Year: 2018
Supervisor: Ágúst Vafells
Waste Heat Recovery from Aluminium Production
Author: Miao Yu
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Guðrún Sævarsdóttir, María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir, Páll Valdimarsson
Study on Lumped Parameter Models for a Two-Phase Geothermal Reservoir with Their Multi-Objective Optimization
Author: Zhen Qin
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Ágúst Vafells, María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir, Xinli Lu
Techno-economic Assessment of Using Alternative Energy Technologies at a Remote Mining Operation in the Yukon Territory, Canada
Author: Brennan Cicierski
Year: 2018
Supervisors: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir, Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, Erla Björk Þorgeirsdóttir, Ali Madiseh Ghoreshi
Real-Time Weather-Dependent Probabilistic Reliability Assessment of the Icelandic Power System
Author: Samuel Perkin
Year: 2018
Supervisors: Dr. Páll Jensson, Dr. Hlynur Stefánsson, Dr. Ragnar Kristjánsson, Dr. Louis Wehenkel, Íris Baldursdóttir, Dr. Magni Þór Pálsson
Degree Awarded: PhD
Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) – based system for event detection on synchronous generators
Author: Nicholas Mark Randall
Year: 2017
Supervisors: Joseph Timothy, Ragnar Kristjánsson, Guðjón Hugberg Björnsson
Supercritical CO2 Coaxial Heat Exchanger for Geothermal Well Conversion with ECO2G Technology
Author: Lauren Hillis
Year: 2017
Supervisors: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir, Sverrir Þórhallsson, & Joseph Scherer
Geothermal Surface Mapping and Chemical Sampling in Krýsuvík at: Seltún, Trölladyngja, and Austurengjar
Author: Julianna Hogenson
Year: 2017
Supervisors: Juliet Newson, Sigurður Garðar Kristinsson & Finnbogi Óskarsso
Exploring Electric Vehicle Participation in the Icelandic Balancing Market as Virtual Power Plant
Author: Fritz Steingrube
Year: 2017
Supervisors: Ewa L. Carlson, Hlynur Stefánsson & Samuel Perkin
Reykjavik Harbor System Analysis: Shore Side Electricity Connections for Containerships in the Eimskip Terminal
Author: Alfonso Barrernchea
Year: 2017
Supervisors: David C. Finger & Hlynur Stefánsson
Leigjendavandinn: The Tenant Problem in Geothermal Leasing
Author: Christopher Mathews
Year: 2017
Supervisors: Guðni A. Jóhannesson & Eiríkur Elís Þorláksson
Estimating the Data Reliability of Magnetotelluric Measurements
Author: D. Keith Smithson
Year: 2017
Supervisors: Hlynur Stefánsson, Egill Júlíusson & Samuel Perkin
Life-Cycle Assessment of Sour Gas Abatement at Hellisheiði compared to Conventional Carbon and Sulphur Abatement Projects
Author: Selma-Penna Utonih
Year: 2017
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson, David C. Finger & Edda Sif Aradóttir
Geothermal Energy: Silica Precipitation and Utilization
Author: Aníta Hauksdóttir
Year: 2016
Supervisors: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson & Kristín Vala Matthíasdóttir
Small Scale Electricity Production From Low Temperature Geothermal Resources Using Organic Rankine Cycle
Author: Emilía Valdimarsdóttir
Year: 2017
Supervisors: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir & Jón Matthíasson
Wind Power Integration in Iceland: Impacts on the Icelandic Regulation Power Market
Author: Felix Michel
Year: 2017
Supervisors: Ewa Lazarczyk & Samuel Perkin
Algorithm for Optimal Well Placement in Geothermal Systems Based on TOUGH2 Models
Author: Dagur Helgason
Year: 2017
Supervisors: Ágúst Valfells & Egill Júlíusson
Risk Assessment and Risk Modelling in Geothermal Drilling
Author: Lilian Aketch Okwiri
Year: 2016
Supervisors: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir & Sverrir Þórhallsson
The Viability of Supplying an Industrial Park with Thermal Energy from Menengai Geothermal Field
Author: Jack Muthomi Kiruja
Year: 2016
Supervisors: Páll Jensson & Páll Valdimarsson
An Onshore Wind Resource Assessment for Iceland Using HARMONIE Reanalysis Data with Consideration to Hydrological Reservoir Flows
Author: Danielle Preziuso
Year: 2016
Supervisors: Stefán Kári Sveinbjörnsson & Ármann Gylfason
Strategies, Structures and Process for Owning and Operating an Energy Resource Park
Author: Shaun Tudor
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Viðar Helgason & Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson
Effect of experimental parameters on the voltage output of a sediment microbial fuel cell
Author: Ana Iris Correa Muler
Year: 2016
Supervisor: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir & Ásdís Helgadóttir
Hydraulic Well Stimulation in Low-Temperature Geothermal Areas for Direct Use
Author: Cari Debra Covell
Year: 2016
Supervisor: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir & Sverrir Þórhallsson
Casing Coupling for Extreme Temperature Setting
Author: Haraldur Orri Björnsson
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson
Analysing Geothermal Project Life Cycle by Using the Design Structure Matrix
Author: Magnus de Witt
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Helgi Þór Ingason & Gréta María Grétarsdóttir
Maniupulation of Lipid Content in Algae Biomass at the Blue Lagoon R&D Center
Author: Máté Osvald
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Halldór Guðfinnur Svavarsson & Hrönn Arnardóttir
Tracer testing in the Svartsengi geothermal field in 2015
Author: Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Guðni Axelsson & Ágúst Valfells
Numerical modeling of the Hágögnur Geothermal Reservoir in Central Iceland
Author: Ximena Guardia Muguruza
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Ágúst Valfells & Egill Júlíusson
Thermoeconomic analysis of geothermal power cycles for IDDP-1 chloride mitigation
Author: Alberto Mereto
Year: 2016
Supervisor: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir & Vijay Chauhan
Optimal Well Placement in the Theistareykir Geothermal Field for the Next Well in Succession
Author: Basil Alexander Jefferies
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Ágúst Valfells & Egill Júlíusson
Economic Modeling of Cost Effective Hydrogen Production From Water Electrolysis by Utilizing Iceland's Regulartoy Power Market
Author: Jeffrey David Jacobs
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson & Guðmundur Gunnarsson
Direct Utilization of Geothermal Energy for Space Cooling in Nicaragua
Author: Jón Sigurður Pétursson
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson
Hydroelectric power station - Nigerleq
Author: Mads Uhrenholt Lauritsen
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson
Macro-Scale Multi Criteria Site Assessment for Wind Resource Development in Iceland
Author: Michael Stephen Doheny
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Páll Jensson, Samuel Perkin & Margrét Arnardóttir
Preliminary Technical and Economic Feasibiltiy Study of Binary Power Plant for Chiweta Geothermal Field, Malawi
Author: Tufwane Mwagomba
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson
Economic and Operational Feasibility Study: Convesion to Electric Bus for Gray Line's Airport Route
Author: Kimberly Ann Carpico
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Hlynur Stefánsson & Gisli Gislason
Wind Turbine Reliability Modeling
Author: Símon Einarsson
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Samuel Perkin & Páll Jensson
Offshore Wind Potential in North Carolina and Potential Configurations
Author: Richard Francis Smith
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Ármann Gylfason
A review of mineral scaling and its mechanisms in Hveragerði geothermal district heating system
Author: Almar Barja
Year: 2015
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson & Vigdís Harðardóttir
Implementation of a new energy storage system for a high altitude long endurance aircraft
Author: Stefanie Dagner
Year: 2015
Supervisor: Ágúst Valfells
The Role of Uncertainty for Lumped Parameter Modeling and Opimization of Low Temperature Geothermal Resources
Author: Sven Klaus Scholtysik
Year: 2015
Supervisor: Ágúst Valfells, Hlynur Stefánsson & Halldór Pálsson
Improving Geothermal Steam Purity for a Wellhead Geothermal Power Plant
Author: Lárus Guðmundsson
Year: 2015
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson
Review of H2S Abatement in Geothermal Plants and Laboratory Scale Design of Tray Plate Distillation Tower
Author: Esteban Jose Rodríguez Pineda
Year: 2014
Supervisor: Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson & William Scott Harvey
Electrifying Strætó: How to Make it Happen
Author: Nina Victoria Rangel Ortiz
Year: 2014
Supervisor: Ágúst Valfells
Wind Turbine Selection: A case-study for Búrfell, Iceland
Author: Samuel Perkin
Year: 2014
Supervisor: Páll Jensson, Margrét Arnardóttir & Deon Garrett
Optimization and Profitability of Hydro Power combined with Wind Power
Author: Egill Skúlason
Year: 2014
Supervisor: Páll Jensson, Sölvi R. Sólbergsson & Einar Sveinbjörnsson
Reykjanes Grey Lagoon: Precipitate chemistry and implications for metal rich scale precipitation, submarine hydrothermal vents, and environmental impact
Author: Sarah Kezia Sternbergh
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Vigdís Harðardóttir
Evaluation of Energy Demand and Energy Use of an Existing Single Family Building with a Special Emphasis on Energy Efficiency of Heat Exchanger in Ventilation
Author: Daniel Axelsen
Year: 2016
Supervisor: Jónas Þór Snæbjörnsson & Björn Marteinsson
Financial benefit of implementing Environmental Managament System ISO14001 in Icelandic Companies
Author: Erla Björk Sigurgeirsdóttir
Year: 2014
Supervisor: Þórður Víkingur Friðgeirsson & Svala Rún Sigurðardóttir
Iceland-UK Interconnector: Strategy for Macroeconomic and Legal Feasibility
Author: Randall Morgan Greene
Year: 2014
Supervisor: Jónas Hlynur Hallgrímsson
Exploration techniques for locating offshore geothermal resources
Author: Darren Thomas Atkins
Year: 2013
Supervisor: Haraldur Auðunsson
Economic Comparison between a Wellhead Geothermal Power Plant and a Traditional Geothermal Power Plant
Author: Carlos Atli Córdova Geirdal
Year: 2013
Supervisor: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir & Páll Valdimarsson
Utilization of Offshore Geothermal Resources for Power Production
Author: Baldur Kárason
Year: 2013
Supervisors: María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir & Páll Valdimarsson
Feasibility research of biodiesel production in Iceland made of Icelandic feedstock with a comparison with other European countries
Author: Sævar Birgisson
Year: 2013
Supervisor: Páll Jensson
Feasibility study of utilizing surplus energy from Landsvirkjun for the production of Substitute Natural Gas
Author: Vignir Bjarnason
Year: 2013
Supervisor: Páll Jensson