Our Research
The reserach in our section falls into three categories: Geo-Energy, Geo-environmental Protection, and Computational Geosciences.
Geo-Energy
Our research on geo-energy explores methods to harness Earth's geothermal energy, advances the storage of liquid hydrogen in the subsurface, and studies the carbon footprint.
Geo-Environmental Protection
Industrial operations and anthopogenic interventions carry risks. Our research explores techniques to mitigate the impact of fossil fuel consumption, and analyzes the consequences of subsurface operations to reduce their future impact.
Computational Geoscience
The subsurface is mostly out of reach and out of sight. To rigorously analyse and predict the impact of subsurface operations, we advance research in data assimilation, optimization and control theory, and numerical simulation.
Our Publications
Below, you can access a list of our section's most recent publications.
- Y. Wang, Cornelis Vuik, H. Hajibeygi, Analysis of hydrodynamic trapping interactions during full-cycle injectionand migration of CO2 in deep saline aquifers, In Advances in Water Resources Volume 159.
- C.S. Boeije, C.B. Verweij, P.L.J. Zitha, A.M.H. Pluymakers, CO2 degassing of fluid in coreflood experiments
- Siân A. Jones, Siavash Kahrobaei, Niels Van Wageningen, Rouhi Farajzadeh, (2022), CO<sub>2</sub>Foam Behavior in Carbonate Rock: Effect of Surfactant Type and Concentration, In Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research Volume 61 p.11977-11987.
- Y. Wang, Cornelis Vuik, H. Hajibeygi, CO_2 Storage in deep saline aquifers: impacts of fractures on hydrodynamic trapping, In International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Volume 113.
- Ali H. Alsultan, Josef R. Shaoul, Jason Park, Pacelli L.J. Zitha, (2022), Case Study of Condensate Dropout Effect in Unconventional Gas/Condensate Reservoirs with Hydraulically Fractured Wells, In Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, IHFT 2022, Society of Petroleum Engineers.
- Rouhi Farajzadeh, Ali Akbar Eftekhari, Siavash Kahrobaei, Rifaat Mjeni, Diederik Boersma, Hans Bruining, (2022), Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery and the Dilemma of More and Cleaner Energy, In Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum and Energy Show, OPES 2022, Society of Petroleum Engineers.
- A. Kottsova, D.F. Bruhn, Martin O Saar, M. Brehme, Clogging mechanisms in geothermal operations: a case-study of a geothermal field in the Netherlands
- A. Novikov, D.V. Voskov, H. Hajibeygi, J.D. Jansen, Collocated Finite Volume Scheme for Scalable Simulation of Induced Seismicity, In European Conference on the Mathematics of Geological Reservoirs 2022.
- Ahmed Hussain, Bernard Meulenbroek, Wouter van der Star, Han Claringbould, Aayla Reerink, Negar Khoshnevis Gargar, Hans Bruining, Karl-Heinz Wolf, Development of a well impairment model for predicting geothermal clogging (DIMOPREC)
- Samuel Oliveira de Almeida, Grigori Chapiro, Pacelli L.J. Zitha, (2022), Down-Hole Electromagnetic Heating of Deep Aquifers for Renewable Energy Storage, In Energies Volume 15.