The Geothermal Energy & Geofluids group is endowed by the Werner Siemens Foundation and investigates reactive fluid (water, CO₂, CₓHᵧ, N₂) and (geothermal) energy (heat, pressure) transfer in the Earth's crust employing computer simulations, laboratory experiments and field analyses.
Our goal is to gain fundamental insights and to address a wide range of societal goals and concerns such as:
- Water- and CO₂-based geothermal energy and geofluids:
- Exploration (finding resources)
- Extraction (from reservoirs)
- Conversion:
- of heat for district heating and industrial processes
- of enthalpy to electricity
- of geofluids to synthetic fuels
- Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) operation
- Geologic CO₂ sequestration
- Heat energy extraction during Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
- Grid-scale, geothermal-reservoir-based energy storage
- Groundwater flow and supply
