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 such as:

Water- and CO2-based geothermal energy and geofluids

exploration (finding resources)
extraction (from reservoirs)
conversion

of heat for district heating and industrial processes
of enthalpy to electricity
of geofluids to synthetic fuels

Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) operation
Geologic CO2 sequestration
Heat energy extraction during Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
Grid-scale, geothermal-reservoir-based energy storage
Groundwater flow and supply