Solubililty in energy and waste issues of environmental concern

About

Solubility and greenhouse gases (carbon capture and storage, methane clathrates), emerging energy technologies (fracking; geothermal energy) and long-term behaviour of waste disposal sites.

When

Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Invited speakers

		Rosemary Capo Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA Talk: "Fluid-rock interactions related to unconventional shale gas produced water and drilling waste"

		Alexander Gysi Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, USA webpage Title: "Numerical simulations of CO₂ sequestration in basaltic rock formations: Challenges for optimizing mineral-fluid reactions"

		Wolfgang Hummel Geochemical Modelling Group, PSI, Switzerland Talking on: Long-term behaviour of waste disposal sites

		Julia Scheiber GEIE Exploitation Minière de la Chaleur, Kutzenhausen, France Title: "The effect of solubility decrease on geothermal power plant operation"