Geothermal Workshop on the Pannonian BasinBudapest, 2011. May

Dr. Anikó Tóth PhD – Prof. Elemér Bobok

Geothermal Research and Education at the University of Miskolc

He was born in Budapest on June 9, 1913. Matriculated at the Hungarian Royal University of Mining Engineer 1931. Received his Ph.D. in 1952 and Doctor of Science degree in 1956.

He had advisory functions at the Hungarian National Committe; European Economic Committee of UNO (Geneva); The United Nations University, Tokyo; The International School of Geothermics (IIRG), Pisa, ItalyPublished about 200 studies and articles, nine books or portions of them, 90 papers that were published in about 50 international periodicals. He also performed research and lectured on geothermal energy and vulcanology in California, Oregon, Hawaii, New Zealand, the Canary Islands and several universities in Europe.

Roots

Prof. Dr. Boldizsár Tibor (1913–1998)

„Father of Geothermal”

He received a number of International Decorations and Certificates of Merit.

1979 Member of the New York Academy of Sciences; 1980 Honorary member of the American Geophysical Union;

Member of the American Institution of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers.

Decorated with the Officers Insignia of the Republic of Hungary.

Oregon, 1958

• Limits of Heat Extraction from Dry Hole • Cold Front Propagation in a Fractured Geothermal Reservoir • Hungary’s first geothermal pilot power plant generates unnecessary

scruples about thermal Lake of Héviz • Life Time of a Doublet in a Fractured Geothermal Reservoir• Geotermal Deicing in a Mine Tunnel• Comparison of an Analytic and a Numerical Approach for Tracer

Transport in a fractured geothermal reservoir• Steam Blowout from an Overpressured Geothermal reservoir in

Hungary • Geothermal potential of an abandoned copper mine • Mine climatization by Geothermal Energy

Main Fields of Research

Main Research Partners

• MOL Nyrt.• E.ON Gas Storage Zrt.• FGSZ Zrt.• BMGE• Mecsekérc Zrt.• TXM Kft.• Linde Gaz Zrt.• Olajterv • Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország• Burgess and Nipple, Columbus, Ohio, USA • Geo Heat Center, Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA• World Bank 

Conference Participations with Papers since 2000

San Francisco 2000Auckland 2002Reno 2002, 2007 Reykjavik 2003Szeged 2003  Antalya 2005San Diego 2006 Naples 2007Kassa 2007 Unterhaching 2007  Oslo 33WGRC 2008Karlsruhe 2008Stanford University 2006, 2007 Stanford University 2008, 2009, 2010,

2011

GRC Annual Meeting

GRC Annual Meeting

GRC Annual Meeting

World Geothermal Congress

Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering

European Geothermal Conference

New Zealand Geothermal Workshop

International Geothermal Conference

European Geothermal Congress

EFUC International Conference

Renewable Energy MED

World Geological Congress

Geothermiekongress

Geothermal Postgraduate Education2008. January -

• Duration: 4 Semesters • Criterion: Engineering Diploma (MSc or BSc)• Respansible: University of Miskolc

Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering

• Head: Prof. Dr. Bobok Elemér DsC• Secretary: Dr. Tóth Anikó PhD

Geothermal Course

Geothermal Course Curriculum

Course Title I. Semester II. Semester III. Semester IV. Semester  Basics Lesson Credit Lesson Credit Lesson Credit Lesson Credit

Renewable Energy 16 5 Advanced Geology 16 6 Advanced Geophysics 16 6 Fluid Dynamics 16 6 Hydrogeology 12 5

Credit 28 Professional Core

Drillng-welldesign 16 6 Geothermal Reservoir 12 5 Geothermal Water Production 16 5 Geoinformatics 16 5 Geothermal Chemistry 12 5 Geothermal Heat-Transfer Systems 12 5 Geothermal Systems 16 5 Geothermal Power Production 16 5 Geothermal Direct Uses 16 5 Geothermal Heat Pump 16 5 Geothermal Environmental Impact 16 5 Energy Management 16 5

Credit 61 Special Lessons

Economic Studies 16 2 Tenders in EU 16 2 Legal Knowledge 12 2

Credit 6 Diploma 25 Total Number of Lessons 80 80 96 44 300Total Number of Credits 29 30 30 31 120

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