Research Projects and Publications
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
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
- Deep Learning for Power System Restoration
- Assessment of Renewable Energy as Investment Opportunity: Risk-Return Impact
- 3D modelling of the Reykir geothermal areas in Mosfellssveit, Iceland
- Investigating Solutions That Improve Islanding Resilience for the Snæfellsnes Transmission System
- Design and Simulation of a DC Microgrid for a Small Island in Belize
- The Ring of Fire: Priority Setting for Nuclear Power in the North
- Estimation of Sustainable Production Limit by Using Lumped Parameter and USGS Hydrotherm Simulation
- Numerical Modelling of Cold Water Injection into Supercritical Geothermal Reservoirs
- Modelling Consumer Type Specific Electricity Load in Iceland
- Thermo-economic analysis of EGS/ Deep Geothermal Resources in the region of Alsace, France
- Feasibility Study for Implementation of a Binary Power Plant in Lake Abhe Geothermal Area with a Particular Hot Arid Climate, Djibouti
- 3D Thermobaric Modelling of Central Spitsbergen - Implications for Gas Hydrate Occurrence
- Stochastic Modelling of Krafla´s Magma Bodies
- Smart Reconfiguration of Electric Power Distribution Networks for Power Loss Minimization and Voltage Profile Optimization
- The Economic Feasibility of a Wind Power Producer Operating in the Icelandic Regulating Market
- Wellbore Stability - Principles and Analysis in Geothermal Well Drilling
- Resource Assessment of Geothermal Reservoir in Western Alberta and Evaluation of Utilisation Options Using Non-Renewable Energy Displacement
- Steady State Numerical Modelling of Los Humeros Geothermal Field
- Inciting Residential Demand Side Participation in Electricity Markets: Three Elasticity Issues That Stand in the Way
- Geothermal Potential Evaluation of Lausanne, VD, Switzerland
- An Exploration of Critical Junctures for Public Participation in Multinational Final Nuclear Waste Disposal
- Waste Heat Recovery from Aluminium Production
- Study on Lumped Parameter Models for a Two-Phase Geothermal Reservoir with Their Multi-Objective Optimization
- Techno-economic Assessment of Using Alternative Energy Technologies at a Remote Mining Operation in the Yukon Territory, Canada
- Real-Time Weather-Dependent Probabilistic Reliability Assessment of the Icelandic Power System
- Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) – based system for event detection on synchronous generators
- Supercritical CO2 Coaxial Heat Exchanger for Geothermal Well Conversion with ECO2G Technology
- Geothermal Surface Mapping and Chemical Sampling in Krýsuvík at: Seltún, Trölladyngja, and Austurengjar
- Exploring Electric Vehicle Participation in the Icelandic Balancing Market as Virtual Power Plant
- Reykjavik Harbor System Analysis: Shore Side Electricity Connections for Containerships in the Eimskip Terminal
- Leigjendavandinn: The Tenant Problem in Geothermal Leasing
- Estimating the Data Reliability of Magnetotelluric Measurements
- Life-Cycle Assessment of Sour Gas Abatement at Hellisheiði compared to Conventional Carbon and Sulphur Abatement Projects
- Geothermal Energy: Silica Precipitation and Utilization
- Small Scale Electricity Production From Low Temperature Geothermal Resources Using Organic Rankine Cycle
- Wind Power Integration in Iceland: Impacts on the Icelandic Regulation Power Market
- Algorithm for Optimal Well Placement in Geothermal Systems Based on TOUGH2 Models
- Risk Assessment and Risk Modelling in Geothermal Drilling
- The Viability of Supplying an Industrial Park with Thermal Energy from Menengai Geothermal Field
- An Onshore Wind Resource Assessment for Iceland Using HARMONIE Reanalysis Data with Consideration to Hydrological Reservoir Flows
- Strategies, Structures and Process for Owning and Operating an Energy Resource Park
- Effect of experimental parameters on the voltage output of a sediment microbial fuel cell
- 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