Laboratories
Geoscience Lab
Local Production and Supply of Heat and Power
About the Laboratory
The Geoscience-Lab is a research facility located at KIT Campus South and operated in cooperation with the KIT Institute for Applied Geosciences (KIT-AGW). Established in 2008, the lab focuses on geo-technologies, with a current emphasis on geothermal energy.
Its activities center on practical questions, innovative approaches, and applied research. Projects are typically market-oriented and follow a structured development path – from laboratory experiments to pilot-scale testing and full-scale field applications.
Contact Information
Dr. Roman Zorn roman.zorn@eifer.org
Equipment
- Two phase percolation tests up to 200 bar and 200°C
- Mechanical test benches
- Field test equipment (pumps, monitoring)
- Tracer measurement equipment
- Soil gas test equipment
- Mercury porosimetry
- Atomic adsorption spectroscopy
Corrosion and Scaling
- Exposure and electrochemical tests
- Test of new inhibitors
- Special tool for collecting brine on-site under keeping pressure and temperature constant (ARIANE)
Pilot and Field Experiments
- Test fields for Borehole Heat Exchanger
- New innovative Thermal Response Tests set-up
- New innovative solutions like self-circulating heat pipe solutions
- New innovative monitoring tools e.g. GEOSniff, modular environmental & gas sensors, drones
