• Abandoned petroleum wells as sustainable sources of geothermal energy 

      Templeton, J.D.; Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S.A.; Hassani, F.; Al-Khawaja, M.J. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)
      A reliable heat transfer model was developed to determine the performance of a double pipe heat exchanger retrofitted to an abandoned petroleum well. The proposed model is compared against an analytical heat transfer model ...
    • Geothermal energy extraction from decommissioned petroleum wells 

      Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S.A.; Templeton, J.; Hassani, F.; Al-Khawaja, M. J.; Aflaki, E. ( International Society for Rock Mechanics , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Abandoned wells impose enduring liabilities to petroleum companies and/or governments. However, the depth and abundance of abandoned petroleum wells make them an economically attractive source of geothermal energy. Geothermal ...
    • Optimal utilization of geothermal heat from abandoned oil wells for power generation 

      Kharseh M.; Al-Khawaja M.; Hassani F. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)
      Unlike other types of renewable energy, geothermal resources represent a stable energy source because they can be exploited regardless of meteorological conditions. In geothermal systems, heat is exchanged between the ...
    • Utilization of oil wells for electricity generation: Performance and economics 

      Kharseh, M.; Al-Khawaja, M.; Hassani, F. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)
      There is a general agreement that the climate change, which is the most important challenge facing humanity, is anthropogenic and attributed to fossil fuel consumption. Therefore, deploying more renewable energy resources ...