Dr. Christopher Otto
Function and Responsibilities:
- Research Scientist (Postdoc)
Research Interests:
- Energy storage options for the energy transition in former opencast mines
- Techno-economic modelling of prospective Hybrid Pumped Hydropower Storage (HPHS) installations
- Safe and permanent storage of carbon dioxide in geological formations (CCS)
- Numerical simulations
- Thermo-hydro-mechanical simulations
- Hydrogeology
Career:
Since 2018, I have worked as a Research Scientist (Postdoc) in the Fluid Systems Modelling Section at the GFZ in several international EU-RFCS projects.Education:
- since June 2018: Research Fellow (Postdoc) at the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences Potsdam - Section 3.4: Fluid Systems Modelling
- 2014 - 2017: Research Fellow (PhD student) at the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences Potsdam - Section 3.4: Fluid Systems Modelling
- November - December 2013: Research Fellow at the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences Potsdam - Centre for Geological Storage
- 2013 - 2014: Research Assistant at the IASS - Institut for Advanced Sustainability Studies - Global Soil Forum
- 2013: Diploma in Geology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, Diploma thesis: Hydraulic characterisation of the of the Stuttgart formation by analysing crosshole pumping tests and inverse modeling
- 2009 - 2013: Research Assistant at the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences Potsdam - Centre for Geological Storage
- 2009 - 2013: Study of Geology at the University of Potsdam
- 2005 - 2009: Study of Earth Sciences at the University of Potsdam
Projects:
HydroMine - Development of hydrogen-oriented municipal waste refinery based on a novel borehole gasification process combined with advanced gas separation techniques
ATLANTIS - An interdisciplinary feasibility study on hybrid pumped-hydro power storage of excess energy in open-pit coal mines
ROCCS - Establishing a Research Observatory to unlock European Coal seams for Carbon dioxide Storage
ODYSSEUS - Coal-to-liquids supply chain integration in view of operational, economic and environmental risk assessments under unfavourable geological settings
MEGAPlus - Unconventional Methane Production from Deep European Coal Seams through combined Coal Bed Methane (CBM) and Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) technologies
TOPS - Technology Options for Coupled Underground Coal Gasification and CO2 Capture and Storage