General Info
Candidate: Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Sammer
Chair: Chair of Resource Mineralogy
Start: 07/2021
End: 06/2024
Candidate profile: Applied geosciences specialist with background in mineralogical and technical geology investigations.
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SCoRe A⁺ Research Detail
Fundamental Investigation of Underground Hydrogen Storage with Emphasis on Interactions between Hydrogen and Well Cements
Hydrogen interaction studies with well cements for safe large-scale underground storage.
Supervisors / Mentors
Univ.-Prof. MBA PhD Krishna Ravi
Chair of Drilling and Completion Engineering, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Johann Raith
Chair of Resource Mineralogy, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
🎯Targets
- Understand interaction mechanisms of hydrogen with cement systems.
- Assess role of porosity, permeability, capillarity, and saturation.
- Validate hydrogen-cement interaction behaviour experimentally.
🏁Milestones
- Methodology for cement characterisation established.
- Additive effects on cement properties clarified.
- Hydrogen interaction effects validated for dry and saturated cements.
🧩Work Packages
- Literature and cement-type selection.
- Property characterisation and additive studies.
- Thermodynamic modelling of hydrated cement-hydrogen systems.
- Autoclave experiments and saturation influence evaluation.
Context H₂-C
- Supports safe long-term underground hydrogen storage and cross-chair collaboration.