Geohydrology
The scientific basis of the Geohydrology research is the study of subsurface flow, transport and related processes, such as heterogeneity effects and related uncertainty, multiphase and coupled transport and aqueous geochemistry. Our applications range from energy research to contaminant transport and remediation. We work in the field, in the laboratory and by modelling.
A major recent activity has been geological storage of CO2, where we have been working, at the leadership level, in several EU funded projects.
In focus
- Special Edition on ‘CO2 residual trapping experiments at Heletz, Israel pilot injection site, in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Sept 2020.
- Extensive field campaign to measure coupled hydro-mechanical processes continuously in time at great depth carried out at COSC-1 borehole, Åre, in collaboration with LBNL, USA, June 2019.
- Our visiting professor Chin-Fu Tsang gives out the prize named after him during the CouFrac 2018 Conference in Wuhan
- Auli Niemi receives Uppsala University’s most distinguished science prize (In Swedish).
- Special Issue of MUSTANG / Heletz is on Int. Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
- Videos from our key CO2 injection research site, the Heletz, Israel (in new window): Part 1, Part 2.
Research Projects
- CO2 geological storage – EU projects and CO2 injection experiments
- CO2 geological storage – Studies in Sweden and in the Baltic Sea region
- Geothermal Energy
- Flow and coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in fractured rocks and deep hydrogeological systems
- In-situ remediation of PFAS pollutants
- Nitrogen removal in mining environments
- Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids
- Nano-particles in the subsurface
- Environmental effects of shale gas fracking
- Identification of hidden underwater methane hotspots with drones
A comprehensive book on geological storage of CO2
A. Niemi, J. Bear, J. Bensabat (Eds.)
Geological Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Formations
Series: Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 29
1st ed. 2017, XVIII, 738 p. 154 illus., 115 illus. in color.
▶ Offers in-depth descriptions of the relevant processes
▶ Provides state-of-the-art descriptions of methodologies for measuring, characterizing, modeling and monitoring saline aquifers for CO2 geologic storage
▶ Approaches the topic systematically, from the fundamental processes to measurement, predictive modeling, and performance assessment methodologies
Springer's Link (open in new window):
http://www.springer.com/978-94-024-0994-9/