New Advances in Rock Mechanics and Underground Thermal Energy Storage
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H: Geo-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 May 2023) | Viewed by 4893
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rock mechanics; engineering geology; underground thermal energy storage; rock mass; geomechanical characterization; field testing; monitoring; remote sensing; photogrammetry; virtual reality
Interests: rock mechanics; underground thermal energy storage; rock joints; jointed rock mass; shear strength; fluid flow; photogrammetry; rock stress; stress inversion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “New Advances in Rock Mechanics and Underground Thermal Energy Storage”.
Underground thermal energy storage is a widely used energy storage technology, which makes use of the ground as a storage medium. Now more than ever, efficient and inexpensive energy storage systems are a crucial part of modern sustainable energy strategy for increasing the share of renewable energy and improving energy resource efficiency. The associated rock mechanical challenges related to the design and operation of thermal energy systems built in rock masses influence their long-term performance and profitability.
The topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:
- Novel underground thermal storage systems and technologies;
- Seasonal thermal energy storage in rocks;
- Laboratory and field testing;
- Thermal and mechanical properties of rocks and rock masses;
- Thermohydromechanical (THM) modeling;
- Geomechanical, thermal, and microseismic monitoring;
- Remote sensing methods for rock mass characterization;
- Fracturing geomechanics; hydraulic stimulation;
- Case studies, experimental and demonstration sites;
- Cavern thermal energy storage (CTES);
- Borehole thermal energy storage (BTES);
- Large-scale pumped thermal electricity storage;
- Ice thermal energy storage;
- Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS);
- Excavation-based enhanced geothermal systems (EGS-E);
- Energy storage in abandoned mines.
Dr. Mateusz Janiszewski
Dr. Lauri Uotinen
Dr. Baotang Shen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rock mechanics
- underground thermal energy storage (UTES)
- numerical modeling
- thermal analysis
- structural analysis
- fracture mechanics
- rock mass characterization
- storage systems
- experimental and demonstration sites
- monitoring
- field testing
- geothermal energy
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