Projects

Brine Extraction and Storage Test (BEST)

• Geologic Carbon Sequestration

The overall objective of the EPRI-led BEST project to be performed at the Lansing Smith electric generating station near Panama City, Florida, is to help develop cost-effective pressure control, plume management and produced water strategies that can be used to improve reservoir storage efficiency and capacity, and demonstrate safe, reliable containment of CO₂ in deep geologic formations with CO₂ permanence of 99% or better.

Jens Birkholzer jtbirkholzer@lbl.gov 510-486-7134

Abdullah Cihan acihan@lbl.gov 510-495-2997

Helen G. Prieto hgprieto@lbl.gov 510-486-6696

CASCADE

• Climate Modeling

CASCADE-Calibrated and Systematic Characterization, Attribution, and Detection of Extremes project is multidivisional, collaborative work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

William D. (Bill) Collins wdcollins@lbl.gov 510-495-2407

Travis A. O’Brien taobrien@lbl.gov 812-269-2051

Private: Christina Marie Patricola cmpatricola@lbl.gov 510-486-5983

Mark Risser mdrisser@lbl.gov 330-201-1857

Colloid Formation and Migration Project

The Colloid Formation and Migration (CFM) Project is an international research project for the investigation of colloid formation/bentonite erosion, colloid migration, and colloid-associated radionuclide transport, relevant to both NBS and EBS areas of UFDC. This collaborative project is one of several experimental R&D projects associated with the Grimsel Test Site (GTS) in the Swiss Alps, a URL…

Jens Birkholzer jtbirkholzer@lbl.gov 510-486-7134

Comprehensive Physical-Chemical Modeling to Reduce Risks and Costs of Flexible Geothermal Energy Production (CEC-EPIC)

• Geothermal Systems

The Issue: The increased use of variable renewable energy (primarily wind and solar) increases the inherent variability and uncertainty in electricity demand and resource availability, and thus drives the need for operational flexibility of other renewable such as geothermal energy...

Jonny Rutqvist jrutqvist@lbl.gov 510-486-5432

Quanlin Zhou qzhou@lbl.gov 510-486-5748

Susan Sprinkle ssprinkle@lbl.gov 510-486-6372

Core Carbon Storage and Monitoring Research (CCSMR)

• Geologic Carbon Sequestration

The Core Carbon Storage and Monitoring Research Program (CCSMR) aims to advance emergent monitoring and field operations optimization technologies that can be used in commercial carbon storage projects.

Pierpaolo Marchesini pmarchesini@lbl.gov 510-541-3285

Michelle Robertson mcrobertson@lbl.gov 510-486-5096

Julia Correa juliacorrea@lbl.gov 510-693-7011

Helen G. Prieto hgprieto@lbl.gov 510-486-6696

Crystalline Disposal R&D

• Nuclear Energy and Waste

The objective of LBNL's work in Crystalline Disposal R&D focuses on advancing our understanding of long-term disposal of spent fuel in crystalline rocks and to develop necessary experimental and computational capabilities to evaluate various disposal concepts in such media.

Chun Chang chunchang@lbl.gov 510-570-0772

Patrick F. Dobson pfdobson@lbl.gov 510-486-5373

Mengsu Hu mengsuhu@lbl.gov 510-486-5154

Dark Fiber

Dark Fiber Project Jonathan

Jonathan Ajo-Franklin jbajo-franklin@lbl.gov 510-495-2728

DECOVALEX

• Nuclear Energy and Waste

The DECOVALEX (Development of Coupled Models and their Validation against Experiments) Project is a unique international research collaboration for advancing the understanding and mathematical modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) and thermo-hydro-chemical (THC) processes in geological systems.

Jens Birkholzer jtbirkholzer@lbl.gov 510-486-7134

Direct Disposal of Dual Purpose Canister R&D

• Nuclear Energy and Waste

Coupled THM numerical modeling is conducted to study thermal management associated with geologic disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in large dual-purpose canisters (DPCs). DPCs, are containers designed for SNF storage and transportation and if determined to be feasible for permanent geological disposal could provide a cost effective disposal solution....

Jonny Rutqvist jrutqvist@lbl.gov 510-486-5432

Dynamic Earth Energy Storage: Terawatt-Year, Grid-Scale Energy Storage using Planet Earth as a Thermal Battery

• Geothermal Systems

This project is a collaborative project led by INL that addresses the concept of energy storage that would involve converting excess electrical energy to heat and storing it geologically in deep saline aquifers. Additionally, available/excess thermal energy (from thermal generation sources) can be directly stored geologically with minimal processing. Stored heat can then be withdrawn at a later time to be used directly (as process heat for industrial applications) or indirectly (electrical generation).

Patrick F. Dobson pfdobson@lbl.gov 510-486-5373

Susan Sprinkle ssprinkle@lbl.gov 510-486-6372