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
Visualizing contact areas in rough fractures using 3D printing
Isamu Naets (GEG group presentation)
GEG Meetings, ETH Zurich read more
PIV lab, a summary of recent progress and prospectives
Mehrdad Ahkami (GEG group presentation)
GEG Meetings, ETH Zurich read more
The role of the permeability of critically-stressed fractures on the production of unconventional hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoirs
Xiaodong Ma (GEG group presentation)
GEG Meetings, ETH Zurich read more
Three-scale multiphysics framework modelling fault reactivation (University New South Wales)
Martin Lesueur (University New South Wales) (GEG group presentation)
GEG Meetings, ETH Zurich 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
Amann, F., V. Gischig, K. Evans, J. Doetsch, R. Jalali, B. Valley, A. Kittilä, S. Wiemer, M. Saar, S. Loew, and et al.
Solid Earth, pp. 115-137, 2018. Download
Xia, T., E. Dontsov, Z. Chen, F. Zhang, and X.-Z. Kong
Geofluids, 2018, 2018. Download
Rossi, E., M.A. Kant, C. Madonna, M.O. Saar, and Ph. Rudolf von Rohr
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, pp. 1-8, 2018. Download
Kling, T., D. Vogler, L. Pastewka, F. Amann, and P. Blum
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 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