Research Projects and Publications
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
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, Icelanf
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
Assessment of Renewable Energy as Investment Opportunity: Risk-Return Impact
Author: Dwina Andini Soerono Year: 2018 Supervisor: Stefan Wendt
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, 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
- Casing Coupling for Extreme Temperature Setting
- Analysing Geothermal Project Life Cycle by Using the Design Structure Matrix
- Maniupulation of Lipid Content in Algae Biomass at the Blue Lagoon R&D Center
- Tracer testing in the Svartsengi geothermal field in 2015
- Numerical modeling of the Hágögnur Geothermal Reservoir in Central Iceland
- Thermoeconomic analysis of geothermal power cycles for IDDP-1 chloride mitigation
- Optimal Well Placement in the Theistareykir Geothermal Field for the Next Well in Succession
- Economic Modeling of Cost Effective Hydrogen Production From Water Electrolysis by Utilizing Iceland's Regulartoy Power Market
- Direct Utilization of Geothermal Energy for Space Cooling in Nicaragua
- Hydroelectric power station - Nigerleq
- Macro-Scale Multi Criteria Site Assessment for Wind Resource Development in Iceland
- Preliminary Technical and Economic Feasibiltiy Study of Binary Power Plant for Chiweta Geothermal Field, Malawi
- Economic and Operational Feasibility Study: Convesion to Electric Bus for Gray Line's Airport Route
- Wind Turbine Reliability Modeling
- Offshore Wind Potential in North Carolina and Potential Configurations
- A review of mineral scaling and its mechanisms in Hveragerði geothermal district heating system
- Implementation of a new energy storage system for a high altitude long endurance aircraft
- The Role of Uncertainty for Lumped Parameter Modeling and Opimization of Low Temperature Geothermal Resources
- Improving Geothermal Steam Purity for a Wellhead Geothermal Power Plant
- Review of H2S Abatement in Geothermal Plants and Laboratory Scale Design of Tray Plate Distillation Tower
- Electrifying Strætó: How to Make it Happen
- Wind Turbine Selection: A case-study for Búrfell, Iceland
- Optimization and Profitability of Hydro Power combined with Wind Power
- Reykjanes Grey Lagoon: Precipitate chemistry and implications for metal rich scale precipitation, submarine hydrothermal vents, and environmental impact
- 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
- Financial benefit of implementing Environmental Managament System ISO14001 in Icelandic Companies
- Iceland-UK Interconnector: Strategy for Macroeconomic and Legal Feasibility
- Exploration techniques for locating offshore geothermal resources
- Economic Comparison between a Wellhead Geothermal Power Plant and a Traditional Geothermal Power Plant
- Utilization of Offshore Geothermal Resources for Power Production
- Feasibility research of biodiesel production in Iceland made of Icelandic feedstock with a comparison with other European countries
- Feasibility study of utilizing surplus energy from Landsvirkjun for the production of Substitute Natural Gas