Benjamin Adams Research Projects Content

Research Projects

Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) Processes in High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES)

Principal Investigator

Prof. Martin O. Saar, ETH Zurich

Researchers
Start date

November 2018

Funding

ERC Geothermica Heatstore

Supervisor

Prof. Martin O. Saar, Zurich

Assessment and optimization of carbon storage and combined EGR-CPG development from high-temperature natural gas reservoirs

Principal Investigator

Prof. Martin O. Saar, ETH Zurich

Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Anozie Ebigbo
Researchers
Justin Ezekiel
Start date

1 September 2016

Funding

ETH Zurich
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship

Supervisor

Prof. Martin O. Saar, ETH Zurich

“CO2

Plasma Pulse Geo Drilling (PPGD)

Principal Investigator
Co-Principal Investigators
Supervisor

Prof. Martin O. Saar, Zurich

Researchers
Mohamed Ezzat, ETH Zurich
Dr. Benjamin Adams, ETH Zurich
Dr. Daniel Vogler, ETH Zurich
Dr. Edoardo Rossi, ETH Zurich
Jascha Börner, Fraunhofer IEG
Prof. Dr. Rolf Bracke, Fraunhofer IEG
Dr. Shahin Jamali, Fraunhofer IEG
Dipl.-Ing. Volker Wittig, Fraunhofer IEG
Start date
July 2018
Funding

Innosuisse [Grant Nr. 28305.1 PFIW-IW]

Participating institutions
  • GEG group, ETH-Zurich
  • SwissGeoPower
  • Fraunhofer IEG

Numerical Modeling of CO2-Plume Geothermal (CPG) Systems

Principal Investigator

Prof. Martin O. Saar, ETH Zurich

Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Jimmy B. Randolph, UMN, USA
Dr. Thomas H. Kuehn, UMN, USA
Dr. Jeffrey M. Bielicki, UMN, USA
Dr. Steven J. Taff, UMN, USA
Researchers
Dr. Nagasree Garapati
Dr. Benjamin M Adams, University of Minnesota
Start date

1 September 2012

Funding

NSF Sustainable Energy Pathways Funding Nr SEP-1230691

Supervisor

Prof. Martin O. Saar, ETH Zurich

“CO2

Video on CO2-Plume Geothermal (CPG) power plants combine geologic CO2 storage with geothermal energy extraction.
© Shannon Gilley

Auxiliary heating of low- to moderate- temperature geothermal resources to boost electricity production.

Principal Investigator

Prof. Martin O. Saar, ETH Zurich

Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Jimmy B. Randolph, UMN, USA
Dr. Thomas H. Kuehn, UMN, USA
Dr. Jeffrey M. Bielicki, UMN, USA
Dr. Steven J. Taff, UMN, USA
Researchers
Dr. Nagasree Garapati
Dr. Benjamin M Adams, University of Minnesota
Start date

1 September 2012

Funding

NSF Sustainable Energy Pathways Funding Nr SEP-1230691

Supervisor

Prof. Martin O. Saar, ETH Zurich

geophysics