Thomas Nowak

TL;DR: The FEBEX (Full-scale Engineered Barriers Experiment in Crystalline Host Rock) test was installed at the Grimsel Test Site underground laboratory (Switzerland) and is a near-to-real scale simulation of the Spanish reference concept of deep geological storage in crystalline host rock.

TL;DR: Simulations show that the easily soluble minerals in bentonite determine the porewater chemistry, and changes of the effective porosity caused by bentonite swelling can be very large.

TL;DR: In this article, a simplified geochemical model, consistent with the average measured composition of formation fluids and the prevailing mineralogical assemblage of the host rock, identifies the mineral phases most likely to be considered at equilibrium with the formation fluid.

TL;DR: Based on the phase related balance equations for mass, linear momentum and energy, a classical continuum approach for multiphysics analyses in porous media is presented, and the non-isothermal Richards' approximation is used for flow simulations in a partially saturated deformable solid skeleton.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors show that while the global heat pump market has expanded significantly, more than doubling in some countries in a single year, expanded policy support will be needed to build confidence in the technology and meet climate goals.