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Elisa Heim

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MSc. Elisa Heim Fellow

Research Fellow Applied Geology

Mail: elisa.heim@geo.uni-halle.de Consultation hours: by appointment

I am researching computationally efficient models of underground heat transport for the sustainable optimisation of geothermal heat pump systems using real operating data.

Focus Areas:

Underground heat transport, numerical modelling, geothermal energy and geothermal heat pumps, operating data analysis, energy efficiency

Biography

Since 2026 | Post-Doc

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)

2025-2026 | Project management near-surface geothermal energy

HPC AG

2020-2025 | Research Assistant/Doctoral Candidate

Numerical Geosciences, Geothermal and Reservoir Geophysics, RWTH Aachen University

2023 | Visiting scientist

Polytechnique Montreal, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering

2019-2020 | Research assistant

Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering, RWTH Aachen University

2015-2019 | Master of Science (Applied Geosciences)

RWTH Aachen University

2012-2015 | Bachelor of Science (Geosciences)

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Publications

  • Heim, E.; Pasquier, P.; Dion, G.; Klitzsch, N. Thermal response functions of borehole heat exchangers with horizontal pipes. Science and Technology for the built environment (2025), 31(10), 1211–1228. 10.1080/23744731.2025.2570090.
  • Heim, E.; Stoffel, P.; Klitzsch, N. Lessons learned from analyzing six years of borehole heat exchanger data. European Geothermal Congress Proceedings (2025).
  • Heim, E.; Stoffel, P.; Müller, D.; Klitzsch, N. Six years of high-resolution monitoring data of 40 borehole heat exchangers. Scientific Data (2024), 11, 1334. doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04241-9.
  • Heim, E.; Pasquier, P.; Dion, G.; Stoffel, P.; Klitzsch, N. Reconstruction of experimental thermal response functions from monitoring data of a borehole heat exchanger field. In 2024 Research Conference Proceedings of the IGSHPA. International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (2024). doi.org/10.22488/okstate.24.000018.
  • Heim, E.; Stoffel, P.; Düber, S.; Knapp, D.; Kümpel, A.; Müller, Dirk; Klitzsch, N. Comparison of simulation tools for optimizing borehole heat exchanger field operation. Geothermal Energy (2024), 12, 24. doi.org/10.1186/s40517-024-00303-8.
  • Klitzsch, N.; Düber, S.; Heim, E.; Knapp, D.; Kümpel, A.; Pechnig, R.; Stoffel, P.; Wägerle, D. News from the Project “MPC-Geothermal”: Integrating Borehole Heat Exchangers in Building Automation Systems using Model Predictive Control. Proceedings of the European Geothermal Congress (2022).
  • Fink, J.; Heim, E.; Klitzsch, N. State of the Art in Deep Geothermal Energy in Europe: With Focus on Direct Heating. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences (2022). ISBN: 978-3-030-96869-4.
  • Heim, E.; Laska, M.; Becker, R.; Klitzsch, N. Estimating the Subsurface Thermal Conductivity and its Uncertainty for Shallow Geothermal Energy Use—A Workflow and Geoportal Based on Publicly Available Data. Energies (2022), 15(10), 3687. doi.org/10.3390/en15103687.
  • Bjorge, M.; Kreye, P.; Heim, E.; Wellmann, F.; Rühaak, W. The role of geological models and uncertainties in safety assessments. Environ Earth Sci (2022), 81, 190. doi.org/10.1007/s12665-022-10305-z.
  • Frings, K.; von Hagke, C.; Wellmann, F.; Heim, E.; de la Varga, M.; Ortner, H.; Luijendijk, E. Constraining the 3-D Geometry of Fold-Thrust Belts Using Section Balancing vs. 3-D Interpolative Structural and Probabilistic Modeling. Tektonika (2023), 54–75.