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From Waste to Wealth
Introduction
Waste to Wealth Seminar
Novotel Lakeside Rotorua
9th July 2015
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Brian Carey
• Geothermal Resource Management Specialist
• Mechanical Engineer
• Career in Geothermal Energy
Spans 30 plus years
• Assistant in W2W
• Assisting as front person today
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Health and Safety
• Health
– Have a swim in the geothermal pool
• Safety
– Don’t put your head under
• Evacuation
– Follow that dripping wet fella to Clarkes Bar
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Actually
Alarm sounds (siren)
Go out in front of the Hotel
Toilets - left on the landing
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A Little Background – W2W
• Waste to Wealth Research Programme
• Identify the next logical steps for minerals in
geothermal brines
• Is it worth taking these steps ?
• Ultimately the question is :
– Are the minerals in the geothermal brines a potential
resource
• If yes then what are the actions that might better
facilitate utilisation
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Input from a range of organisations and people
• Auckland University
– Shirley Li, Wei Gao
• Waikato University
– Barry Barton
• Hill Technologies
– Alistair Hill
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– Ed Mroczek, Melissa Climo, Brian Carey
• Reviewers
– Kevin Brown, Lew Bacon, Jeremy Smith, John Kennedy
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Ed Mroczek
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Ed’s Dad passed away last Friday
He is attending to family matters
and unable to be with us
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Schedule for the Day
• Earlier version circulated by email yesterday
• Most up to date are the printed ones
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• Sharing
– Information
– Thoughts
• Asking and probing
– Capturing your questions
• Talking about the next steps
Opening our eyes
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The three questions
1. Most exciting / promising aspect from the work
so far
2. Barriers to be overcome and/or key factors
that will drive success in developing a
geothermal minerals industry in NZ
3. Questions / knowledge / gaps for future
research / investment
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Through the day put your
stickies on the three posters
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Four Reports
• On the web site
www.waste2wealth.co.nz
• Today - not going to review the reports in detail
– You have read them in preparation
• Seeking
– Comment
– Thoughts
– Discussion
• Fashion the next steps
• Having some fun
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Paradigms
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Beyond the Square
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For Geothermal Energy Production
• Energy companies keen to keep minerals in
solution in the brines
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• Taking it out is beyond the square
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Beyond the square - Here is another one
• The methods discussed today are physical
and chemical methods
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Biological Methods
• Biological methods have not been researched
• Geothermal community know that microbes are
superbly effective
– Industry spend many $$$
on cooling water biological control
– Wairakei - the cooling water bioreactor
• 13 cumecs in four minutes
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Beyond the square
• Pick these up on your stickies
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Four Presentation Sessions
• Short presentations
• Thinking Time
• Question stickies
– Capture your questions
– Your suggestions re what the next steps might be
• Discussion / questions / panels
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Programme – Morning Sessions
• Chemical Composition of Geothermal Fluids
– Melissa Climo
• Precious and Trace Metals in Geothermal Waters
– Kevin Brown
• Extraction Technologies
– Brian Carey
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Lunch – 1215 – Atlas Restaurant
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Seminar continued @ 1315
Afternoon Sessions
• Market Opportunities
– Alistair Hill
• Legislative Framework
– Barry Barton
• Future Opportunities
– Shirley Li – nano-absorbants
• Consolidation
– Melissa Climo
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Presentations
• Chemical Composition of Geothermal Fluids
– Melissa Climo
• Precious and Trace Metals in Geothermal Waters
– Kevin Brown
• Extraction Technologies
– Brian Carey
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Lunch – 1215 – Atlas Restaurant
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Recommence at 1315
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Presentations continued
• Market Opportunities
– Alistair Hill
• Legislative Framework
– Barry Barton
• Future Opportunities
– Shirley Li – nano-absorbants
• Consolidation
– Melissa Climo
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