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
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
Quanlin Zhou
qzhou@lbl.gov
Carol A. Valladao
cavalladao@lbl.gov
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.
Barry M. Freifeld
bmfreifeld@lbl.gov
Thomas Daley
tmdaley@lbl.gov
Helen G. Prieto
hgprieto@lbl.gov
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Jonathan Ajo-Franklin
jbajo-franklin@lbl.gov
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
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 Stored heat can then be withdrawn at a later time to be used directly (as process heat for industrial applications) or indirectly (electrical generation).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
Carol A. Valladao
cavalladao@lbl.gov
Induced seismicity associated with energy production and waste disposal will become an increasingly important issue (geothermal, CO2 sequestration, and oil and gas, etc.) as energy production in a climate-constrained earth progresses. Although induced seismicity has been noted for many years and associated with a variety of causes, recent attention has been focused on oil and gas, geothermal, and potential CO2 sequestration sites...
Kurt Toshimi Nihei
ktnihei@lbl.gov
Ernest L. Majer
elmajer@lbl.gov
Thomas Daley
tmdaley@lbl.gov
Burton M. Kennedy
bmkennedy@lbl.gov
Curtis M. Oldenburg
cmoldenburg@lbl.gov
Carol A. Valladao
cavalladao@lbl.gov
ENIGMA— Ecosystems and Networks Integrated with Genes and Molecular Assemblies—seeks to advance understanding of microbial biology and the impact of microbial communities on their ecosystems. Team members collaborate closely to generate detailed quantitative understanding across scales—from molecular to cellular and community levels. Scientists within ENIGMA have the technological and scientific skills and experience to link environmental microbiological field-studies to both highly advanced field and laboratory meta-functional genomic and genetics tools.
Romy Chakraborty
rchakraborty@lbl.gov
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) is a new data archive for earth and environmental science data.
Deb Agarwal
DAAgarwal@lbl.gov
Charuleka Varadharajan
cvaradharajan@lbl.gov
LBNL-ESD and the U.S. Army Core of Engineers—Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (USACE—CRREL) are collaborating to explore the use of distributed fiber-optic sensors to monitor the state of permafrost underlying transportation infrastructure, such as roads, runways, and rail lines.
Jonathan Ajo-Franklin
jbajo-franklin@lbl.gov
