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.

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SNF Ambizione Grant

25.10.2018
Dr. Allan Leal has been awarded an SNF Ambizione grant to develop innovative computational methods for ultra-fast simulations of coupled physical and chemical processes using machine learning and GPU parallel computing, starting on January 1, 2019.
Link to personal homepage of Allan Leal

Dr. Allan Leal

SNF R4D Grant

01.10.2018
Dr. Friedemann Samrock has been awarded an SNF R4D grant to develop a geoscientific framework for geothermal exploration and energy utilization in Mongolia, started on September 1, 2018.
Link to Project’s page of SNF

Dr. Friedemann Samrock

Top Ranking for ETH Zurich’s Earth Sciences

14.03.2018


© ETH Zürich / Marco Carocari

Earth and marine sciences at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich was ranked the best in the world for the 4th time in a row. The results were published by the QS World University Rankings.
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Inauguration of commemorative plaque for the Werner Siemens Foundation

12.09.2017


© Felix Wey

Werner Siemens Foundation visits the Geothermal Energy & Geofluids Group and has a guided tour at the GEG Laboratories.

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GEG Videos

macarthur_100mchange_video_linkInexhaustible 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
A short film about ETH Zurich.
© ETH Zurich

GEG Events

14.11.2018

Numerical investigation on mineral precipitation in fractured porous media using lattice Boltzmann methods

Mehrdad Ahkami (contributed talk)
CouFrac 2018, Wuhan, China read more

NEXT EVENT

15.11.2018

Time-lapse inversion of controlled source electromagnetics using vertical sources and receivers

Cedric Patzer (invited talk)
Special seminar, ETH Zurich – NO F39 read more

20.11.2018

Recent advances in electromagnetic geophysical imaging of geothermal systems

Friedemann Samrock (GEG group presentation)
GEG Meetings, ETH Zurich read more

27.11.2018

Evolution of hydraulic properties due to halite precipitation in a natural fracture during CO2 injection – Practice for Research Plan Defence

Marina Grimm Lima (GEG group presentation)
GEG Meetings, ETH Zurich read more

01.12.2018

Impact of effective normal stress on CO2 injection into a brine-saturated single fracture with rough surfaces

Marina Grimm Lima (contributed talk)
Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern read more

10.12.2018

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

13.12.2018

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

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GEG Paper Alerts

On the direct measurement of shear moduli in transversely isotropic rocks using the uniaxial compression test

Dambly, M.L.T., M. Nejati, D. Vogler, and M.O. Saar
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences (IJRMMS), In press, 2018.

Tomographic reservoir imaging with DNA-labeled silica nanotracers: The first field validation

Kong, X.-Z., C. Deuber, A. Kittilä, M. Somogyvari, G. Mikutis, P. Bayer, W.J. Stark, and M.O. Saar
Environmental Science &Technology, In press, 2018. Download

High-resolution temporo-ensemble PIV to resolve pore-scale flow in 3D-printed fractured porous media

Ahkami, M., T. Roesgen, M.O. Saar, and X.-Z. Kong
Transport in Porous Media, pp. 1-17, 2018. Download

Estimating Fluid Flow Rates through Fracture Networks using Combinatorial Optimization

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

Compressive and Tensile Behavior of 3D-Printed and Natural Sandstones

Perras, M.A., and D. Vogler
Transport in Porous Media, pp. 1-23, 2018. Download

The Effects of High Heating Rate and High Temperature on the Rock Strength: Feasibility Study of a Thermally Assisted Drilling Method

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

Numerical simulations and validation of contact mechanics in a granodiorite fracture

Kling, T., D. Vogler, L. Pastewka, F. Amann, and P. Blum
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 51/9, pp. 2805-2824, 2018. Download

The seismo-hydro-mechanical behaviour during deep geothermal reservoir stimulations: open questions tackled in a decameter-scale in-situ stimulation experiment

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

Fluid Flow in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs

Xia, T., E. Dontsov, Z. Chen, F. Zhang, and X.-Z. Kong
Geofluids, 2018, 2018. Download

Demonstration of thermal borehole enlargement to facilitate controlled reservoir engineering for deep geothermal, oil or gas systems

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

Experiments and Simulations of Fully Hydro-Mechanically coupled Response of Rough Fractures exposed to High Pressure Fluid Injection

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

A Hierarchy of Models for Simulating Experimental Results from a 3D Heterogeneous Porous Medium

Vogler, D., S. Ostvar, R. Paustian, and B.D. Wood
Advances in Water Resources, 114, pp. 149-163, 2018. Download