Objectives
- Fully THMC characterisation of intrinsic rock properties and coupled processes
- Providing infrastructure for internal and external use
- Answering fundamental scientific questions in the field of experimental rock physics
- Establishing a laboratory infrastructure that is unique worldwide
Applications and Collaborations
- Reservoir characterisation for geoenergy and storage
- Engineering methods that improve subsurface fluid pathways (ARES)
- Experiments on fracture propagation and fault activation (section 2.6)
- Fiber optic sensors and cables for geophysical monitoring (section 2.2)
- Processes that control dynamics and mechanical properties (section 4.2)
- Safe and sustainable use of groundwater, geoenergy and storage (section 4.5)
- Improving THMC modelling and verification of hydraulic field test
Tasks
- Development and application of new simulation techniques
- Laboratory experiments on the THMC - behaviour of reservoir rocks
- Combination of laboratory experiments, field observations and numerical modelling
- sustainable use of geothermal energy and storage
- Digital Twin DT-Geo
- Speichercity
- VESTA
- TrueTriax
- THC Prognose
