Co-Director / Associate Professor
Sadiq J. Zarrouk
Department of Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering
s.zarrouk@auckland.ac.nz
Sadiq is an Associate Professor of Geothermal Engineering and the co-director of the Geothermal Institute at the Department of Engineering Science, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
About
Sadiq has extended research and commercial field experience in geothermal and reservoir engineering with more than 28 years of experience in geothermal energy training and research. He was instrumental in restarting the geothermal training programme at the University of Auckland in 2007, which was stopped in 2002.
Sadiq has worked on 36 geothermal fields in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and North America. His role was assessing the resource, well targeting, analysis of the performance of wells and reservoir modelling. He participated in several due diligence projects; his role was not limited to the evaluation of the geothermal resource but also included the geothermal engineering aspects of the field development (steam field equipment, flow measurements, two-phase flow, power station equipment, heat exchangers and direct use). Sadiq also has provided expert evidence on several occasions.
Sadiq has an applied approach to geothermal research with ongoing collaboration and joint publications with several universities and research institutions in Belgium, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, USA, Canada, Japan, Kenya, Philippines and Australia, with more than 240 publications in journals and conference proceedings, eight patents and two books.
Sadiq is an elected member of the board of directors of the International Geothermal Association (IGA) 2013-2020 and the New Zealand Geothermal Association 2011-Now. He has been a member of the organising committee of the New Zealand Geothermal Workshop since 2006 and Editor in Chief Geothermics, the main international journal devoted to the research and development of geothermal energy.
Professional Experience
2007 - Present
Associate Professor / Geothermal Institute Co-Director
University of Auckland, New Zealand
2007 - Present
Geothermal Post Graduate Course Director
University of Auckland, New Zealand
2004 - 2007
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
University of Auckland, New Zealand
2003 - 2004
Geothermal Reservoir Engineer
Mighty River Power Ltd., New Zealand
1998 - 2002
Assistant Lecturer
University of Auckland, New Zealand
1996 - 1997
Mechanical Engineer
National Fluid Power Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand
1990 - 1995
Machine Designer
Mechanical Engineering Design Centre, Baghdad, Iraq
Qualifications
2003
PhD, Engineering Science
University of Auckland, New Zealand
1999
ME, Engineering Science
University of Auckland, New Zealand
1997
PGDip, Geothermal Energy Technology
University of Auckland, New Zealand
1990
BSc, Nuclear Engineering
The University of Baghdad, Iraq
Projects
Reversing Carbon Emissions in Geothermal Energy Production
2022 – 2027
Highlighted Publications
Books
2019
Zarrouk, S. J. and McLean, K. (2019) Geothermal Well Test Analysis: Fundamentals, Applications and Advanced Techniques. ISBN: 9780128149461 Academic Press.
2008
Zarrouk, S. J. (2008) Reacting Flows in Porous Media: Complex Multi-Phase, Multi-Component Simulation. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. ISBN-10: 3639099850.
Patents
2023
Mubarok, M. H., Zarrouk, S. J., & Cater, J. E. (2023). Real-time two-phase mass flow rate and enthalpy measurement using pressure differential devices. (US Patent 1,698,281 B2).
2020
Sisler, J. R. & Zarrouk, S. J. (2020). Radio frequency-based void fraction determination. (US Patent 10,670,541 B2).
2019
Sisler, J. R., Boetzer, K. D. & Zarrouk, S. J. (2019). Weight-based phase composition ratio determination. (US Patent 10,281,310B2).
Recent Collaborations
Address
L4, 70 Symonds St, Grafton, Auckland
New Zealand