The European Geothermal Congress 2025 | EGC 2025

6–10 Oct 2025 | Zürich, Switzerland

Wednesday, 8 October 2025 | 14:15 - 15:45

Session 4B Science : Research on UTES

Location:Gartensaal 1BTrack:Technical Session

MODERATOR : Thomas Kohl - KIT

Jérôme Azzola - Seismic Imaging and Monitoring using Distributed Acoustic Sensing on dark fibers in the frame of the DeepStor geothermal project on the KIT Campus

Serhat Küçük - BEACH - Bedretto Energy Storage and Circulation of Geothermal Energy

David Boon - Multi-scale thermal property characterisation of a UK Triassic sandstone aquifer with relevance to ATES

Joseph Kelly - Open loop thermal tracer tests to characterise fractured aquifers for shallow geothermal applications

Mahdi Miri - Predicting Temperature-Dependent Geochemical Effects of a HT-ATES Simulating Field Tests by Laboratory Experiment: A Comparative Analysis

Guido Blöcher - Single-well hot push-pull testing for efficient and reliable high temperature ATES operation

6 speakers

  • Jerome Azzola

    Postdoctoral research associate

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

  • Serhat Küçük

    PhD Student

    Geothermal Energy and Geofluids Group

  • David Boon

    Senior Geothermal Geologist

    British Geological Survey

  • Joseph Kelly

    Postgraduate Researcher

    University of Leeds

  • Mahdi Miri

    Research Assistant

    Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel- CAU

  • Guido Blöcher

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences