Cefalo's Banquet and Event Center
428 Washington Ave., Carnegie, PA 15106
11:15 to 11:45 Social Half-Hour
11:45 pm Lunch Buffet
12:00 pm Lecture
A deep dive into the Hydrogen resource; framework, chemistry, geophysics and possible paths forward
William Harbert, PhD
Professor of Geophysics
University of Pittsburgh
In this seminar topics relevant to the storage and utilization of Hydrogen to enhance global energy security and sustainability are presented. Hydrogen is especially appealing for energy utilization because of a high energy density of the resource and the lack of CO2 emissions from combustion. The basic physics and petrophysics relevant to Hydrogen are presented, including the descriptions of the Hydrogen gas, liquid and supercritical phases (scH2). The hydrogen supercritical phase is a material state in which there is no surface tension, somewhat like a gaseous state. After this review, and review of geophysical methods relevant to Helium monitoring and subsurface accounting, Helium (He) reservoir and case studies are reviewed with respect to monitoring technologies that could be applied to Hydrogen subsurface monitoring. Successful methods of geophysical monitoring of other injection sites, where relevant, will also be reviewed and summarized. This presentation is then extended to a description of the physical properties of Hydrogen stability ranges, and moduli. These are then related to geophysical methods that have been used successfully to monitor, verify, and account for subsurface Hydrogen in geophysical studies. Potentially useful geophysical monitoring technologies reviewed include microgravity, electromagnetic, satellite-based surface deformation monitoring, 3D and 4D reflection seismic based methods, vertical seismic profiling (VSP) and micro seismic methods.
About our speaker:
William Harbert, PhD, Professor of Geophysics, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. William Harbert received his MS in Exploration Geophysics and Ph.D. in Geophysics from Stanford University. He is a life-time member of SEG, a registered professional petroleum geophysicist and member of AAPG and SPE. He has been a DOE ORISE Research Associate and was a Resident Institute Fellow of the NETL-Institute for Advanced Energy Solution (IAES). He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the In Salah CO2 Injection Project facilitated by British Petroleum and was also on the Altarock Project Review Board, which focused on an enhanced geothermal power project funded by the United States Department of Energy.
Cefalo's Banquet and Event Center
428 Washington Ave., Carnegie, PA 15106
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