Research Projects

The GEG group conducts cutting-edge research in geothermal energy and geofluids, spanning multiple disciplines from reactive transport to drilling technologies.

Reactive Transport

Analyzing spatial scaling effects in mineral reaction rates in porous media with a hybrid numerical model

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Simultaneous visualization of fluid flow and mineral precipitation in fractured porous media

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The Geosystem Reactive Transport (GREAT) Visualization Lab

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A new paradigm in imaging and characterizing flow structures and solute transport in three dimensions

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Evolution of permeability and porosity due to mineral precipitation in natural and/or artificial granite fractures

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MT and Heatflow

Development of a geoscientific framework for geothermal exploration and energy utilization in Mongolia

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Magnetotelluric Investigation of the Northern Swiss Heat Flow Anomaly

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Pilot Study Geothermal Energy Aargau

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based geomagnetic mapping and thermal imaging

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Rock Mechanics, fluid Flow, poroelasticity, induced seismicity

Hydro-mechanical processes in natural and 3D printed fractures

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Solute transport in 3D fractured reservoirs

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Evaluation of DNA-labeled silica nanoparticles for use as hydrogeologic tracers: field study and column experiments

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Tracer-based characterization of stimulation enhanced pore volume and application of novel DNA nanotracers in fractured rock

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Chemical stimulation of geothermal reservoirs using reactive flow-through system

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EXPO Group

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Long-term use of Lahendong – LoLa

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Drilling

Modeling thermal spallation drilling

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Modeling the Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation performed for Reservoir Permeability Enhancement at the Grimsel Test Site, Switzerland

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