PERFORM - Improving Geothermal System Performance through Collective Knowledge Building and Technology Development

The objective of the PERFORM project is to improve geothermal plant performance. The main goals are: (1) to move from insights of a single doublet to collective and comprehensive knowledge and (2) to move from costly conventional approaches to cost-efficient deployment of next-generation technologies.

PERFORM focuses on implementation and evaluation of capabilities to control mineral scaling, particles clogging, corrosion and temperature/stress related effect of geothermal flow and injectivity. The project has a four-step approach: (i) Building a database that integrates geological, geochemical, geomechanical and operational data with the aim to learn and understand the reservoir performance and water-rock interaction processes (ii) Predict and validate the performance of selected geothermal plants and sites. This part includes predictive geochemical modelling of thermodynamic processes etc. (iii) Solve and prevent. This part includes e.g. an approach for developing particle and cartion filters. (iv) Dissemination and developing a toolbox. 

In short, the PERFORM project takes and integrated approach that combines learning from data and knowledge, numerical modelling of processes, technology development and operational advice.

The outcomes of the project will include a set of best practice guidelines for cost-effective flow optimization in geothermal doublets, which will be shared with all geothermal operators.