CO2-Plume Geothermal (CPG) System
Mission Statement
The Geothermal Energy & Geofluids group is endowed by the Werner Siemens Foundation and investigates reactive fluid (water, CO2, CxHy, N2) and (geothermal) energy (heat, pressure) transfer in the Earth’s crust employing computer simulations, laboratory experiments and field analyses to gain fundamental insights and to address a wide range of societal goals and concerns.
GEG News
MOOSE workshop at ETH Zurich
March 19-22, 2018
We are pleased to announce a workshop on the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE, http://mooseframework.org) to be given by the MOOSE development team at ETH Zurich and organized by the GEG Group, from March 19-22, 2018.
read more on MOOSE 2018 webpage
9th European Geothermal PhD Days
March 14-16, 2018
In 2018, the PhD students from the Geothermal Energy and Geofluids (GEG) Group at ETH Zurich will be hosting the 9th European Geothermal PhD Days. The EGPD 2018 event will take place on March, 14th-16th at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), Switzerland.
read more on EGPD 2018 webpage
Inauguration of commemorative plaque for the Werner Siemens Foundation
© Felix Wey
Werner Siemens Foundation visits the Geothermal Energy & Geofluids Group and has a guided tour at the GEG Laboratories.
read more on ETH Foundation webpage
read more on News of GEG webpage
Safe geothermal energy
© 3sat nano – TV broadcast from Tuesday 9 May on 3sat nano
Scientists are searching for safer drilling methods: geothermal energy can provide sustainable and clean energy right where we need it – however seismicity may be induced. Scientists at ETH Zurich investigate how to prevent these earthquakes.
Top Ranking for ETH Zurich’s Earth Sciences
© ETH Zürich / Marco Carocari
Earth and marine sciences at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich was ranked the best in the world. The results were recently published by the QS World University Rankings.
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Current GEG Videos
Inexhaustible resource of clean, renewable Geothermal Energy.© ETH Zurich
Grimsel rock lab, feasibility of geothermal power plants.© ETH Zurich
Grimsel rock laboratory, safer drilling methods.© 3sat nano
© ETH Zurich
GEG Events
A combined thermo-mechanical drilling method: Laboratory experiments towards its implementation in the field
Edoardo Rossi (talk)
EGW 2018, Strasbourg, France read more
Towards a porosity-independent permeability update model for
large-scale reactive transport simulations
Joan Delort Ylla (contributed talk)
EGW 2018, Strasbourg, France read more
Impact of effective normal stress on two-phase flow through a single fracture with rough surfaces
Marina Grimm Lima (poster presentation)
6th European Geothermal Workshop, Strasbourg read more
Petrophysical characterization of Nubian Sandstone reservoirs and their potential for geothermal applications; central Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Mahmoud Hefny (poster presentation)
EGW 2018, Strasbourg read more
Feasibility of combining natural gas recovery and CO2-based geothermal in deep natural gas reservoirs
Justin Ezekiel (poster presentation)
EGW 2018, Strasbourg read more
Visualizing flow interactions between fracture and matrix using a temporo-ensemble PIV method
Mehrdad Ahkami (poster presentation)
European Geothermal Workshop, Strasbourg read more
Feasibility of combining natural gas recovery and CO2-based geothermal in deep natural gas reservoirs
Justin Ezekiel (GEG group presentation)
GEG Meetings, ETH Zurich read more
On the response of tracer tests to fracture aperture variability and its correlation with fracture surface area
Philipp Schaedle (poster presentation)
AGU2018, Washington, D.C., USA read more
High-resolution temporo-ensemble PIV to resolve pore-scale flow in 3D-printed fractured porous media
Xiang-Zhao Kong (contributed talk)
AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, D.C., USA read more
GEG Open Positions
PhD position in the development, experimental testing, and numerical modeling of Plasma-Pulse Geo-Drilling (PPGD)
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GEG Paper Alerts
Hobé, A., D. Vogler, M.P. Seybold, A. Ebigbo, R.R. Settgast, and M.O. Saar
Advances in Water Resources, 122, pp. 85-97, 2018. Download
Perras, M.A., and D. Vogler
Transport in Porous Media, pp. 1-23, 2018. Download
Rossi, E., M.A. Kant, C. Madonna, M.O. Saar, and Ph. Rudolf von Rohr
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 51/9, pp. 2957-2964 , 2018. Download
Kling, T., D. Vogler, L. Pastewka, F. Amann, and P. Blum
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 51/9, pp. 2805-2824, 2018. Download
Amann, F., V. Gischig, K. Evans, et al., A. Kittilä, S. Wiemer, M.O. Saar, S. Löw, Th. Driesner, H. Maurer, and D. Giardini
Solid Earth, pp. 115-137, 2018. Download
Xia, T., E. Dontsov, Z. Chen, F. Zhang, and X.-Z. Kong
Geofluids, 2018, 2018. Download
Kant, M.A., E. Rossi, J. Duss, F. Amman, M.O. Saar, and P. Rudolf von Rohr
Applied Energy, 212, pp. 1501-1509, 2018. Download
Vogler, D., R. R. Settgast, C. Annavarapu, C. Madonna, P. Bayer, and F. Amann
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123, pp. 1186-1200, 2018. Download
Vogler, D., S. Ostvar, R. Paustian, and B.D. Wood
Advances in Water Resources, 114, pp. 149-163, 2018. Download