Publications IGCP636
2025 - Published papers
Arango-Montoya, K., Blessent, D., Lopez-Sanchez, J. & Therrien, R., 2025, Approach to model the influence of faults in a geothermal reservoir. DYNA (Colombia). 92, 235, p. 57-65 9 p. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.15446/DYNA.V92N235.117079
Ayzit,T., Erol, S., Baba, A., 2025. Petrogenesis and comprehensive thermal assessment of the Dikili-Bergama region, western Anatolia, Geothermics 129 (2025) 103306, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2025.103306
Badache, M., V. Viviescas, R. Fortier, M.S.K. Tareen, Numerical modeling of an integrated geothermal thermosiphon and heat/energy recovery ventilation system: development, validation, and feasibility study. Energy & Buildings 25(8) (2025) 1081–1094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116725
Cannone, E., Criscuolo, L., Galione, M.R., Manzella, A., Comunicare la geotermia: sfide e strategie per svelare un’energia nascosta, Quaderni di comunicazione scientifica, 5, 2025 (p.109). https://doi.org/10.17454/QDCS05.10
Cavalerie, A., Raymond, J., Gosselin, L., Rouleau, J., et Hakkaki-Fard, A., 2025. Sustainable heating analysis and energy model development of a community building in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik. Thermo 5(2): 14.
Chapman, F.M., Miranda, M.M., Sternbergh, S., Soucy La Roche, R., et Raymond, J., 2025. Geothermal favourability in data-scarce regions: incorporating physical and socio-economic factors into a modified Play fairway approach, southwestern Yukon, Canada. Geothermal Energy 13(1): 24. 10.1186/s40517-025-00345-6
Chapman, F.M., Klepikova, M., Bour, O., Miranda, M., Soucy La Roche, R., et Raymond, J., 2025. Heat flux evaluation based on active fiber optic distributed temperature sensing tests in southwestern Yukon, Canada. Geothermics 131: 103354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2025.103354
Friser, A., Malo, M., Raymond, J. & Blessent, D., 2025. The Social Acceptability of Geothermal Energy in Quebec and Canada. Lecture Notes in Energy. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 119-139 21 p. vol. 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81920-9_7
Gutiérrez-Soleibe, F., Miranda, M.M., Goldoni De Souza, M., Chapman, F.M., Gold, A.R., Lee, V.M., Gascuel, V., Thomas, G.J., Thibault, M., Raymond, J., Blessent, D., Malo, M., Rman, N., Lopez-Sanchez, J., Daniele, L., Alcaraz, M., et Somma, R., 2025. Unveiling Portugal’s Geothermal Landscape: Insights from the IGCP636 Annual Meeting 2023. Geologija 68(2): 1925. https://www.geologija-revija.si/index.php/geologija/article/view/1925
Llanos, E. M. & Blessent, D., 2025. A scoping review of numerical modelling studies of geothermal reservoirs: Trends and opportunities post-COP25. International Journal of Renewable Energy Development. 14, 4, p. 668-693 26 p. https://doi.org/10.61435/ijred.2025.61071
Manzella, A., Cannone, E.: Sustainability and environmental aspects of geothermal as a leading renewable energy, The new wave of Geothermal energy, SPE Italian Section Technical Bulletin (p. 172).
Miranda, M.M., Chapelet, M., Comeau, F.-A., Raymond, J., Dupuis, J.C., Pasquier, P., Dezayes, C., 2026. On the use of thermal response tests for deep geothermal exploration in urban areas: A case study made on the Greater Montréal (Canada). Geothermics 134, 103523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2025.103523
Ouali, S., Bouaicha, F., Bouteraa, O., Ait-Ouali, A., Benaouda, NE. (2025). Geothermal Gradient and Heat Flux Maps of Algeria Using Bottom-Hole Temperature Measured in Oil and Gas Wells. In: Çiner, A., et al. Recent Research on Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Tectonics, Geochemistry, Volcanology and Petroleum Geology. MedGU 2023. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-87558-8_34
Oviedo, M. J., Raymond, J., Blessent, D. & Larmagnat, S., 2025. Numerical assessment of the geothermal resource potential of the Charlevoix meteorite impact crater, Canada. Geothermics. 127, 103243. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1016/J.GEOTHERMICS.2024.103243
Rajaobelison, M.M., Des Roches, M., Raymond, J., Larmagnat, S., 2025. Laboratory Investigation of Heterogeneous Metamorphic Rocks and Their Spatial Distribution of Thermal Conductivity. Energies 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18184931
Rman N., Brencic, M. 2025. Poročilo o tretji mednarodni poletni geotermalni šoliLjubljana 30. junij – 5. julij 2025. GEOLOGIJA 68/2, 344-345. https://www.geologija-revija.si/index.php/geologija/article/view/1943/2008
Tonkul, S., Andre, L., Baba, A. Demir, M.M., Regenspurg, S., Kieling, K., 2025.. Effect of degassing on scaling in hypersaline system: Tuzla geothermal field, Turkey. Geotherm Energy 13, 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40517-024-00320-7
Zaid A, Jarma Ya, Ahmed Senan Ir, Karaoğlu A, Cihanoğlu A, Baba A., Kabay N.2025. Evaluation of fouling and chemical cleaning of reverse osmosis membrane after treatment of geothermal water. Front. Membr. Sci. Technol. 3:1408595. https://doi.org/10.3389/frmst.2024.1408595
Conference presentations
Ait Ouali A, Salima, Benaouda NE, Hadjiat, 2025. The role of main thermal springs in Soummam region for sustainable development. International Seminar on Energy and Renewable Energies, Batna, April 22-23.
Aravena, D., Bravo, B., Pérez N, Morata D., Daniele L. 2025. Instalación de Bombas de Calor Geotérmico en el Altiplano Chileno. LATAM Geothermal Congress, El Salvador. https://worldgeothermal.org/geothermal-data/conference-paper-database
Bravo, B., Aravena, D., Pérez N, Morata D., Daniele L. 2025. Uso de matriz de decisión para seleccionar sitios a calefaccionar mediante bombas de calor geotérmico en zonas rurales del altiplano chileno. LATAM Geothermal Congress, El Salvador. https://worldgeothermal.org/geothermal-data/conference-paper-database
Chapman, F., Raymond, J., Rman, N., Borko, K., Vidmar, A. 2025. Use of fiber optics to evaluate the terrestrial heat flow and de-risk geothermal exploration. LATAM Geothermal Congress, El Salvador. https://worldgeothermal.org/geothermal-data/conference-paper-database
Hamza, S., H. N. Erraihane, I. Yamina and Blessent D. 2025. Validation of mathematical models of Alkaline and Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers with literature experimental data. 3rd International Conference on Electronics, Energy and Measurement (IC2EM), Algiers, Algeria, pp. 1-6, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11101044/
Llanos E.M., Blessent, D. 2025. Numerical modeling of high-enthalpy reservoirs: an opportunity to accelerate the geothermal industry growth in Colombia. LATAM Geothermal Congress, El Salvador. https://worldgeothermal.org/geothermal-data/conference-paper-database
Mohor, A. Daniele L., Morata D., Taucare, M., Macchioli, M., benjamín carriel, sebastian correa. 2025. Geotermia circular: el potencial de pozos en uso en una comuna densamente poblada de Chile. LATAM Geothermal Congress, El Salvador. https://worldgeothermal.org/geothermal-data/conference-paper-database
Morata D., Daniele L., Taucare, M., Aravena, D., Bravo, B., Macchioli, M., Mohor, A. Valdenegro, P., Vargas, S. 2025. Uso directo de la geotermia en Chile: mucho más que generación de electricidad. LATAM Geothermal Congress, El Salvador. https://worldgeothermal.org/geothermal-data/conference-paper-database
Saida Makhloufi, Salima Ouali, Abdelkader Ait Ouali, Mohammed M. Hadjiat, Noureddine Benaouda. 2025. Assessment of an off-grid solar photovoltaic–geothermal cooling system: case study of different geothermal resources in Algeria", International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Engineering for Green Energy Technologies – MEEGET 2025.
2024 - Published papers
Ait Ouali, A. O. Bendaiakha, D. Maizi, Y. Bouroubi, M. Benziada, N. Benouda, S. Ouali. Geothermal Reservoir Temperatures Estimation for Some Thermal Springs in the Northern Central Algeria. In press: Technological and Innovative Progress in Renewable Energy Systems, Springer.
Bendaikha O. and A. Z. H. Yaseri, 2024. Thermal performance and Feasibility Study Using a Straw-Based Thermal Insulation in Geothermal systems, J. Ren. Energies, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 17.
Friser, A., Chapman, F., Miranda, M.M., Gorcy, D., et Raymond, J., 2024. Capturing the social acceptability of geothermal energy in northern Canada: An interdisciplinary initiative involving communities. European Geologist 57: 36-41.
Guardia X., Odongo, D.W., Jónsson, G.D., Lárusson, R., Sævarsdóttir, G., Tesfahunegn, Y.A., Einarsson, H.M., Guðjónsdóttir, M.S. (2024). Design and Performance Analysis of a Supersonic Ejector Prototype for Connecting High and Low-Pressure Geothermal Wells. GRC Transactions, Vol. 48, 2024.
Moreno, D., Raymond, J., & Gosselin, L. 2024. Techno-economic analysis of hybrid solar-assisted geothermal and biomass heating systems in remote subarctic communities (Nunavik, Canada). Energy, 313, 133898. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENERGY.2024.133898
Ouali S. Technologies d’Exploration et d’Exploitation de l’Energie Géothermique, Bulletin des Energies Renouvelables N° 58, Novembre 2024, pp 8-11
Semmari, H., Bouaicha, F., Aberkane, S., Filali, A., Blessent, D. & Badache, M., 2024, Geological context and thermo-economic study of an indirect heat ORC geothermal power plant for the northeast region of Algeria. Energy. 290, 130323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.130323
Somma, R., Blessent, D., Caballero, M., Wiersberg, T., Garcés, B. L. V., eds. 2024. Why do scientists drill the ground beneath our feet? Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-8325-5210-0
Thibault M., Comeau, F.-A., Rajaobelison, M., Terlaky, V., Newson, J., 2024. Evaluation of the Precambrian Basement Temperature Below Four South Slave Communities, Northwest Territories, Canada. GRC Transactions 48.
Urrea, D., Moreno, D., Lopez-Sanchez, J. & Blessent, D. 2024. Analysis of fractures generated by faults at micro- and macro-scale and the influence on the secondary permeability: application to the Nevado del Ruiz area (Colombia). Environmental Earth Sciences. 83, 8, 253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11512-6
Villafán-Sierra, M., Blessent, D., Lopez-Sanchez, J., Arrieta-Gonzalez, C.E., Gonzalez-Palacio, M. 2024. Feasibility of Shallow Geothermal Installations for Cooling Purposes in Tropical Climate. In: Espinoza-Andaluz, M., Melo Vargas, E., Santana Villamar, J., Encalada Dávila, Á., Ordóñez-Saca, B. (eds) Congress on Research, Development, and Innovation in Renewable Energies. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52171-3_8
2023 - Published papers
Barbosa C., Tamayo-Leiva J., Alcorta J., Salgado O., Morata D., Daniele L., Díez B. (2023). Effects of hydrogeochemistry on the microbial ecology of terrestrial hot springs. Microbiology Spectrum. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00249-23
Gutiérrez-Soleibe F., Blessent D., & Rivas-Cruz F., 2023. Prototype for a shallow geothermal installation for the air conditioning of spaces at a Colombian University. Revista DYNA, 90(229), pp. 58-65, October - December, 2023, ISSN 0012-7353 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15446/dyna.v90n229.107652 (Accepted, in press)
Kifouche, R., Bouaicha, F., & Bouteraa, O. (2023). Impact of thermal water on environment case study of Mila and Guelma region, Algeria. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, 171(171), 143-157. https://doi.org/10.19111/bulletinofmre.1285162
Léveillée-Dallaire, X., Raymond, J., Snæbjörnsson, J.Þ., Fujii, H., & Langevin, H., 2023. Performance Assessment of Horizontal Ground Heat Exchangers under a Greenhouse in Quebec, Canada. Energies 16(15): 5596.; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16155596
Miranda, M.M., Raymond, J., & Dezayes, J., 2023. Estimating theoretical stress regime for engineered geothermal energy systems in an arctic community (Kuujjuaq, Canada). Comptes Rendus. Géoscience 355: 85–108. https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.193
Miranda, M.M., Raymond, J., Dezayes, C., Wigston, A., & Perreault, S., 2023. Multiscale fracture networks and their impact on hydroshearing response in the Canadian Shield (Kuujjuaq, Canada). Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources 9, 85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-023-00618-z
Oviedo, M. J., Blessent, D., López-Sánchez, J. & Raymond, J. 2023. Contribution to the characterization of the Nevado del Ruiz geothermal conceptual model based on rock properties dataset. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 124, 104259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104259
Roderick J. Fensham, Rouhollah Adinehvand, Sally Babidge, Marco Cantonati, Matthew Currell, Linda Daniele, Alper Elci, Diana M.P. Galassi, África de la Hera Portillo, Salah Hamad, Dongmei Han, Hussain Ali Jawadi, Jaafar Jotheri, Boris Laffineur, Alsharifa Hind Mohammad, Alireza Naqinezhad, Amin Navidtalab, Kathleen Nicoll, Taleb Odeh, Viviana Re, Bernard Sanjuan, Valeria Souza, Lawrence E. Stevens, Memory Tekere, Ernest Tshibalo, Jennifer Silcock, John Webb, Braam van Wyk, Mehrdad Zamanpoore, Karen G. Villholth (2023). Fellowship of the Spring: An initiative to document and protect the world's oases, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 887, 163936, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163936
2022 - Published papers
De Vriendt, K., Le Borgne, T., Pool, M., Dentz, M. 2022. Subsurface Mixing Dynamics Across the Salt‐Freshwater Interface. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(7), e2021GL097094.
GESTAG working group, (Contributing authors: Dematteis A, Torri R, Grosso F, Perello P, Gargini A, Vincenzi V, Barla A, Insana A, Cecinato F, Blessent D, Pedretti D, Cerutti P, Boscaro A, Parisi ME, Ruffinatto G, Vazzoler S, Governa M, Ranfagni L. 2022. Guidelines for sustainable management of groundwater inflows and geothermal heat in tunnels. Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater. 11, 3. DOI:https://doi.org/10.7343/as-2022-592
Hermans, T., Goderniaux, P., Jougnot, D., Fleckenstein, J., Brunner, P., Nguyen, F., ... Le Borgne, T. 2022. Advancing measurements and representations of subsurface heterogeneity and dynamic processes: towards 4D hydrogeology. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 1-55.
ICDP Task Force on geothermal strategy (Authors: Asanuma, Berre I, Blessent D, Chambefort I, Genter A, Giardini D, Ingolfsson H, Meier P, Pankow K, Rochelle C, Roy S, Sass I, Wiemer S, Mark D. Zoback, Boese C, Bohnhoff M, Blankenship D, Park Boush L, Fischer T, Harms U, Noren A, Wiersberg T, Wynn J, Yamada Y. 2022. Support for for geothermal drilling projects. https://www.icdp-online.org/media/icdp-flyers-brochures/
Léveillée-Dallaire, X., Raymond, J., Fujii, H., Tsuya, S., 2022. Sizing Horizontal Geothermal Heat Exchangers for Community Greenhouses in Montreal. GRC Transactions 46: 793-803.
Liu H.J., Ban S.N., Bedard K., Giroux B. Characteristics of Precambrian basement intruded by Cretaceous geological intrusions in Monteregian Igneous Province and their impacts on regional thermal structure. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2022, 6(3):206-220.
Moreno, D., Raymond, J., Comeau, F-A., Gosselin, L., 2022. Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Heating System Alternatives for Residential Buildings in Subarctic Climate (Nunavik, Canada). GRC Transactions 46: 2005-2028.
Ouali, S., Hadjiat, M.M., Imessad, K., Salhi, K., Ait-Ouali, A. 2022. Thermal Energy Use in Hammam Righa spa, Algeria. In: et al. New Prospects in Environmental Geosciences and Hydrogeosciences. CAJG 2019. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72543-3_86
Rajaobelison, M., Raymond, J., Malo, M., Dezayes, C., Larmagnat, S., 2022. Understanding heat transfer along extensional faults: The case of the Ambilobe and Ambanja geothermal systems of Madagascar. Geothermics 104 : 102455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102455
Rojas A., Patricia Sruoga, María Clara Lamberti, Mariano Agusto, Jasson Tondreau, Nicolás Mendoza, Linda Daniele, Diego Morata. 2022. Unravelling the hydrothermal system of Laguna del Maule restless volcanic field, in the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone (36° 10′S). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 424, 107498, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107498.
Taborda A., Portela JP, Lopez-Sanchez J, Daniele L, Moreno D, Blessent D. 2022. Temperature estimation of the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano geothermal reservoir: Insight from western hot springs hydrogeochemistry, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 240, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2022.107049.
Tong R.C., Liu H.J., Song Y.J., Xie L.H., Ban S.N. Permeability and mechanical response of granite after thermal and CO2 dissolved solution stimulation. Energies, 2022, 15, 8280.
Tong R.C., Liu H.J., Liu J.F., Shi Y.K., Xie L.H., Ban S.N. Meso-mechanical characteristics of granite with natural cracks after mud-acid corrosion. Energies, 2022,15, 721.
Wang H.W., Liu H.J., Chen D.F., Wu H.D., Jin X.P. Thermal response of the fractured hot dry rocks with thermal-hydro-mechanical coupling effects. Geothermics, 2022, 104:102464.
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