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.
- Milad Naderloo, Kishan Ramesh Kumar, Edgar Hernandez, Hadi Hajibeygi, Auke Barnhoorn, (2023), Experimental and numerical investigation of sandstone deformation under cycling loading relevant for underground energy storage, In Journal of Energy Storage Volume 64.
- Michiel Wapperom, Xiaoming Tian, Aleks Novikov, Denis Voskov, (2023), FluidFlower Benchmark: Lessons Learned from the Perspective of Subsurface Simulation, In Transport in Porous Media Volume 151 p.1033-1052.
- Kishan Ramesh Kumar, Herminio T. Honorio, Hadi Hajibeygi, (2023), Fully-Coupled Multiscale Poromechanical Simulation Relevant for Underground Gas Storage, In Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics Volume 3 p.583-590, Springer.
- X. Tian, General-purpose Inverse Modeling Framework for Energy Transition Applications Based on Adjoint Method and Operator-Based Linearization
- K. Ramesh Kumar, Geomechanical Study of Underground Hydrogen Storage
- Farzaneh Nazari, Shokoufeh Aghabozorgi Nafchi, Ehsan Vahabzadeh Asbaghi, Rouhi Farajzadeh, Vahid J. Niasar, (2023), Impact of capillary pressure hysteresis and injection-withdrawal schemes on performance of underground hydrogen storage, In International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Volume 50 p.1263-1280.
- Hamad S. Al-Kharra'a, Karl Heinz A.A. Wolf, Abdulrahman A. AlQuraishi, Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Ivan Deshenenkov, Mohammed A. AlDuhailan, Sulaiman A. Alarifi, Naif B. AlQahtani, Pacelli L.J. Zitha, More Authors, (2023), Impact of clay mineralogy on the petrophysical properties of tight sandstones, In Geoenergy Science and Engineering Volume 227.
- Zhenkai Bo, Maartje Boon, Hadi Hajibeygi, Suzanne Hurter, (2023), Impact of experimentally measured relative permeability hysteresis on reservoir-scale performance of underground hydrogen storage (UHS), In International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Volume 48 p.13527-13542.
- Márton Major, Alexandros Daniilidis, Thomas Mejer Hansen, Mark Khait, Denis Voskov, (2023), Influence of process-based, stochastic and deterministic methods for representing heterogeneity in fluvial geothermal systems, In Geothermics Volume 109.
- F. Tutuarima, E. Cecchetti, H.A. Abels, G. Bertotti, P.B.R. Bruna, Main controls on natural fracture distribution in the Lower Triassic sandstones of the West Netherlands Basin