Storage in Deep Aquifers (Georeservoirs) within the Framework of the "Heat Transition 2030" Duration July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025 Description The use of seasonal high-temperature aquifer storage systems (HT-ATES)

on New Approaches to Minimizing Risks in the Development of Geothermal Reservoirs Duration January 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022 Management Dr.-Ing. Michael Koppe (DSC - Clausthal University of Technology) Prof […] project focuses on researching the extraction and storage of geothermal energy from depths of up to 1,700 meters at a specific site in the North German Basin, which has high salt content and high gas c

Optimized hammer drill with fluid-driven drive for hard rock in geothermal engineering Duration October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2020 Management Prof. Dr. Joachim Oppelt Description The Institute of Subsurface

Systems Agricolastraße 10 Building C 21, Room 303 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld Funded by: DFG JA 871/2-1

Experimental Analysis of Conformance Control Methods - DGMK 844 Duration July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2022 Management Prof. Dr. Leonhard Ganzer Description This research project builds on the work conducted

Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Polymer Viscoelasticity Effects in EOR Applications Duration July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2021 Management Prof. Dr. Leonhard Ganzer Description Polymer flooding is a well-e

Experimental and numerical analysis of the polymer flooding process using micromodels Duration January 1, 2018 – June 30, 2020 Management Prof. Dr. Leonhard Ganzer Description Polymer flooding is a method […] properties, through the adsorption of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM). Previous project phases Phase 1 Completed in 2014. This first phase of the project by the German Scientific Society for Petroleum, Natural […] Microfluidic Rock-on-a-Chip Devices to Replicate Reservoir Conditions. In DGMK Conference Proceedings 2019-1, pp. 461–468. German Society for Petroleum and Coal Science and Technology, Hamburg. Hincapie RE, Rock

MEOR Investigation of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) in Micromodels Duration January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2019 Management Prof. Dr. Leonhard Ganzer Description The Institute of Petroleum Engineering […] on extending the microfluidic experimental setup for anaerobic and sterile conditions (Phase I – WP 1), selecting micromodels and constructing a customized MEOR micromodel holder (Phase I – WP 2), and […] setup to accommodate elevated pressures (up to 6 bar(g)) and two-phase flow conditions (Phase II - WP 1), single-phase and two-phase (oil and brine) micromodel MEOR flooding experiments (Phase II - WP 2 a

Workflows Phase 2: Revealing Hidden Reservoir Behavior Not Captured in Reservoir Models Duration May 1, 2016 – April 30, 2019 Management Prof. Dr. Leonhard Ganzer Description The DGMK 742 project is a joint […] models. The DGMK 742 project has been running for the past 8 years in two phases: Phase I (DGMK 742-1) ran from August 2011 to July 2014, and Phase II (DGMK 742-2) ran from May 2016 to April 2019. The aim

extreme operating conditions. For test specimens with a diameter of up to 7 inches and lengths of up to 1,880 mm, a maximum pressure of 350 MPa (50,750 psi) can be applied to the pipes. A maximum tensile force