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Hernandez, E. (author), Naderloo, M. (author), Ramesh Kumar, K. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Barnhoorn, A. (author)Underground energy storage (UES) in porous and cavity reservoirs can be used to balance the mismatch between the production and demand of renewable energy. Understanding the geomechanical behaviour of these reservoirs under different storage conditions, i.e., storage frequency and fluid pressure, is key in defining their capacity and effective...conference paper 2022
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Wang, Y. (author), Vuik, Cornelis (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Natural or induced fractures are typically present in subsurface geological formations. Therefore, they need to be carefully studied for reliable estimation of the long-term carbon dioxide storage. Instinctively, flow-conductive fractures may undermine storage security as they increase the risk of CO2 leakage if they intersect the CO2 plume. In...journal article 2022
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Shokrollahzadeh Behbahani, S. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Voskov, D.V. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)A smoothed embedded finite-volume modeling (sEFVM) method is presented for faulted and fractured heterogeneous poroelastic media. The method casts a fully coupled strategy to treat the coupling between fault slip mechanics, deformation mechanics, and fluid flow equations. This ensures the stability and consistency of the simulation results,...journal article 2022
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Hashemi, L. (author), Boon, M.M. (author), Glerum, Wuis (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Characterizing the wettability of hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>)–methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) mixtures in subsurface reservoirs is the first step towards understanding containment and transport properties for underground hydrogen storage (UHS). In this study, we investigate the static contact angles of H<sub>2</sub>–CH<sub>4</sub> mixtures, in contact...journal article 2022
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Boon, M.M. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Geological porous reservoirs provide the volume capacity needed for large scale underground hydrogen storage (UHS). To effectively exploit these reservoirs for UHS, it is crucial to characterize the hydrogen transport properties inside porous rocks. In this work, for the first time in the community, we have performed H <sub>2</sub>/water...journal article 2022
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Wang, L. (author), Vuik, Cornelis (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Simulation of fracture contact mechanics in deformable fractured media is of paramount important in computational mechanics. Previous studies have revealed that compressive loading may produce mode II fractures, which is quite different from mode I fractures induced by tensile loading. Furthermore, fractures can cross each other. This will...journal article 2022
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Wang, L. (author), Wang, Y. (author), Vuik, Cornelis (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)The past decades have witnessed an increasing interest in numerical simulation for flow in fractured porous media. To date, most studies have focused on 2D or pseudo-3D computational models, where the impact of 3D complex structures on seepage has not been fully addressed. This work presents a method for modeling seepage in 3D heterogeneous...journal article 2022
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Novikov, A. (author), Voskov, D.V. (author), Khait, M. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)We present a scalable collocated Finite Volume Method (FVM) to simulate induced seismicity as a result of pore pressure changes. A discrete system is obtained based on a fully-implicit fully-coupled description of flow, elastic deformation, and contact mechanics at fault surfaces on a flexible unstructured mesh. The cell-centered collocated...journal article 2022
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Ramesh Kumar, K. (author), Tasinafo Honório, H. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Subsurface geological formations can be utilized to safely store large-scale (TWh) renewable energy in the form of green gases such as hydrogen. Successful implementation of this technology involves estimating feasible storage sites, including rigorous mechanical safety analyses. Geological formations are often highly heterogeneous and entail...journal article 2022
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Novikov, A. (author), Voskov, D.V. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)An increasing number of geo-energy applications require the quantitative prediction of hydromechanical response in subsurface. Integration of mass, momentum, and energy conservation laws becomes essential for performance and risk analysis of enhanced geothermal systems, stability assessment of CO2 sequestration and hydrogen storage, resolving...conference paper 2022
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Xu, F. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Sluys, Lambertus J. (author)Altering the state of the stress of the subsurface reservoirs can lead fractures to slip and extend their lengths (i.e., to propagate). This process can even be engineered, in many applications, e.g., enhanced geothermal systems. As such, accurate and efficient simulation of the mechanical deformation of the subsurface geological reservoirs,...conference paper 2022
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van Rooijen, W.A. (author), Hashemi, L. (author), Boon, M.M. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) is an attractive technology for large-scale (TWh) renewable energy storage. To ensure the safety and efficiency of the UHS, it is crucial to quantify the H<sub>2</sub> interactions with the reservoir fluids and rocks across scales, including the micro scale. This paper reports the experimental measurements...journal article 2022
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Lomans, Bartholomeus Petrus (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Bruining, J. (author)This paper presents an assessment of the life-cycle exergetic efficiency and CO2 footprint of the underground biomethanation process. The subsurface formation, hosting microorganisms required for the reaction, is utilized to convert CO2 and green (produced from renewable energy) hydrogen to the so-called "green"or synthetic methane. The net...journal article 2022
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Hashemi, L. (author), Blunt, Martin (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in initially brine-saturated deep porous rocks is a promising large-scale energy storage technology, due to hydrogen's high specific energy capacity and the high volumetric capacity of aquifers. Appropriate selection of a feasible and safe storage site vitally depends on understanding hydrogen transport...journal article 2021
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Hashemi, L. (author), Glerum, Wuis (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Subsurface porous formations provide large capacities for underground hydrogen storage (UHS). Successful utilization of these porous reservoirs for UHS depends on accurate quantification of the hydrogen transport characteristics at continuum (macro) scale, specially in contact with other reservoir fluids. Relative-permeability and capillary...journal article 2021
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Xu, F. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Sluys, Lambertus J. (author)Deformable fractured porous media appear in many geoscience applications. While the extended finite element method (XFEM) has been successfully developed within the computational mechanics community for accurate modeling of deformation, its application in geoscientific applications is not straightforward. This is mainly due to the fact that...journal article 2021
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Ramesh Kumar, K. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)Subsurface geological formations provide giant capacities for large-scale (TWh) storage of renewable energy, once this energy (e.g. from solar and wind power plants) is converted to green gases, e.g. hydrogen. The critical aspects of developing this technology to full-scale will involve estimation of storage capacity, safety, and efficiency...journal article 2021
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Ramesh Kumar, K. (author), Makhmutov, Artur (author), Spiers, Christopher J. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)A promising option for storing large-scale quantities of green gases (e.g., hydrogen) is in subsurface rock salt caverns. The mechanical performance of salt caverns utilized for long-term subsurface energy storage plays a significant role in long-term stability and serviceability. However, rock salt undergoes non-linear creep deformation due...journal article 2021
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Novikov, A. (author), Voskov, D.V. (author), Khait, M. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)We develop a collocated Finite Volume Method (FVM) to study induced seismicity as a result of pore pressure fluctuations. A discrete system is obtained based on a fully-implicit coupled description of flow, elastic deformation, and contact mechanics at fault surfaces on a fully unstructured mesh. The cell-centered collocated scheme leads to...conference paper 2021
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Hosseinimehr, S.M. (author), Piguave Tomala, J.P. (author), Vuik, Cornelis (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)We develop projection-based embedded discrete fracture model (pEDFM) on corner-point grids (CPG) for fluid flow and heat transfer in subsurface geological formations. The coupling between the flow and heat transfer is fully-implicit, to allow for stable simulations, specially in presence of highly contrasting fractures. We define independent CPG...conference paper 2020