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SUMMARY:Shallow geothermal energy: R&D and commercialisation experience in
  Australia.
DTSTART:20240115T110000
DTEND:20240115T120000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof Guillermo Narsilio\, Deputy Head of Department (Infrastru
 cture Engineering)\, University of Melbourne. Invited Professor at LMS.\nA
 bstract: The use of ground source heat pump (GSHP) or shallow geothermal e
 nergy systems has already proven to be a viable alternative to provide spa
 ce heating and cooling. However\, while the number of installations in Aus
 tralia and the world are steadily increasing\, there is still a lack of ge
 neral awareness among engineers\, architects\, and the general public alik
 e. In this talk\, we summarise the works undertaken to date at The Univers
 ity of Melbourne for the use of such technology using close loop systems i
 n residential\, commercial\, industrial and infrastructure projects\, incl
 uding the dual use of geo-structures as both foundations and heat exchange
  elements (e.g.\, “energy geo-structures”). In addition\, an overview 
 of future R&D directions of the group and rationale for the academic visit
  to EPFL will be provided. This include learning from its academics and pa
 rtners as well as exploring collaborations on deep geothermal energy syste
 ms for green hydrogen production and storage\, biocementation and the use 
 of biosolids in infrastructure (transport) projects\, and the integration 
 into digital twins.\nLittle bio: Prof Narsilio is Deputy Head of the Depar
 tment of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne (2020
 –today) and Chair of the ISSMGE Technical Committee 308 on Energy Geotec
 hnics. He is a former member of the ARC College of Experts (2018–2021). 
 Dr Narsilio is also a past Chair of the Australian Geomechanics Society (V
 ictoria Chapter\, 2019–2020) and a former Australian Research Council (A
 RC) Future Fellow.\nDr Narsilio received his PhD in Geotechnical Engineeri
 ng (2006) and his Masters in Mathematics (2006) and in Geotechnical Engine
 ering (2003) from Georgia Institute of Technology (US). He obtained his Ci
 vil Engineering degree from the National University of Cordoba (Argentina)
  in 2001. He undertook his postdoctoral experience at the University of Me
 lbourne where he is now a Professor. His research interests include numeri
 cal modelling\, multi-scale porous material characterisation and performan
 ce and the (sustainable) energy industry\; with emphasis on basic and appl
 ied shallow and deep geothermal energy systems and the use of AI. ​\n\n
  
LOCATION:GC B1 10 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==GC%20B1%2010
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