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Aquifer thermal energy & CO2 storage impacts

Theme leader: Dr. Henk Kooi

Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) and Carbon capture and storage (CCS) are important elements in the portfolio of measures needed in the global energy transition. The number of ATES systems in The Netherlands is expontentially growing and CO2 storage in both saline aquifers and depleted gas fields is increasingly deployed around the globe and considered in The Netherlands as well.
In spite of the apparent benefits of these techniques, their implementation requires adjustment with respect to other (conjunctive) subsurface use such as water supply. Under this theme, we conduct research aimed at comprehensive understanding of the chemical, hydrological and thermal impacts of these systems.

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Long-term physical effects of ATES systems

PhD project: P.W. (Philip) Visser
Start date: June 2009
Funding: centre of excellence for sustainable water technology (TTIW) Wetsus

Short- and long-term chemical and microbiological effects of ATES systems

PhD project: M. (Matthijs) Bonte
Start date: June 2009
Funding: KWR Water Cycle Institute

Chemical reactive transport influences on CO2 storage in saline aquifers and depleted gas fields

PhD project: Z. (Zaman) Ziabakhsh Ganji
Start date: March 2011
Funding: Dutch national R&D programme on CO2 capture, transport and storage (CATO-2)

Thermo-physical-chemical processes modelling for CO2 storage in saline aquifers and depleted gas fields

PD project: M.(Mariene) Gutierrez-Neri
Start date: January 2010
Funding: Dutch national CCS research programme (CATO2)


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