Profile

Research Overview

Research topics

• Supercritical geothermal systems - characterization and modeling
• Conventional and low-enthalpy hydrothermal systems
• Numerical modeling of coupled THMC processes in geological systems

Software

geofluidprop

geofluidprop is a C library which is under developement for computing physical properties of geothermal fluids. Its R interface implemented some electrical conductivity models introduced in the following works.

• geofluidprop : https://github.com/aist-rerc-geothermal/geofluidprop
• its R interface : https://github.com/aist-rerc-geothermal/geofluidprop-R

• Watanabe, N., Yamaya, Y., Kitamura, K., & Mogi, T. (2021). Viscosity-dependent empirical formula for electrical conductivity of H₂O-NaCl fluids at elevated temperatures and high salinity. Fluid Phase Equilib., 549(113187), 113187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2021.113187
• Watanabe, N., Mogi, T., Yamaya, Y., Kitamura, K., Asanuma, H., & Tsuchiya, N. (2022). Electrical conductivity of H₂O-NaCl fluids under supercritical geothermal conditions and implications for deep conductors observed by the magnetotelluric method. Geothermics, 101, 102361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102361

OpenGeoSys

OpenGeoSys is an open-source numerical simulator for coupled THMC processes in porous and fractured media, developed by the OpenGeoSys community, with core development activities at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ).

• OpenGeoSys：http://www.opengeosys.org/

Publications

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Academic and Professional Background

Employment

2017-04 to present	Geothermal Energy Research Team, Renewable Energy Advanced Research Center, Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2011-04 to 2016-12	Department of Environmental Informatics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Postdoctoral researcher
2008-04 to 2011-03	Department of Environmental Informatics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Doctoral researcher

Education

2012-05	Dr.-Ing., Faculty of Forest, Geo and Hydro Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2008-03	Master of Environmental Science, Division of Social Engineering and Environmental Management, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University, Japan
2006-03	Bachelor of Environmental Science and Technology, Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan