Oct 01, 2020 Start of the project “Utilisation of active fibre optic measurement systems for geothermal characterisation and establishment of international cutting-edge research”. Utilisation of active fibre-optic measurement systems for geothermal characterisation and establishment of international cutting-edge research
Duration: 01.10.2020 – 31.03.2022
The aim of the project is to expand the scientifically relevant structures in a targeted manner in order to improve the status of the FAG (Applied Geology Group) in national and international competition. To this end, a research associate will strategically expand the FAG’s field of expertise in order to create the basis for applying for new cooperative future projects. The employee will improve FAG’s ability to realise high-ranking international research projects. The objective of the scientific development within the framework of the funding measure concerns the preparatory research and utilisation of fibre-optic measuring systems for characterising the geological subsurface. The funding not only enables new technical expertise to be acquired, but also creates the necessary capacities to support the preparation, conceptualisation and formulation of new and revised project proposals for cutting-edge European research. At the same time, the funding will create the conditions for increasing the chances of funding, preparing targeted project proposals and successfully realising them within the framework of highly competitive international funding measures.
To summarise, the objectives of the funding are
- Obtaining novel high-resolution insights into the thermal development of urban heat islands in order to modernise spatial underground monitoring at the urban scale and to achieve a leading scientific position internationally with partners for this purpose;
- Use of a DTS system to monitor geothermal probe fields during operation. This will create the necessary data basis, adapted to the geological site parameters, for the world’s first technological optimisation of large geothermal probe fields and (real-time) control;
- Utilisation of active DTS systems as a depth-resolving measurement method for the development of new tomographic procedures for the reconstruction of underground heterogeneities, and thus to ensure reliable groundwater management.
