UG2: H2_ReacT

Transport of hydrogen in rocks under consideration of abiotic and microbial redox reactions

Infrastructure project

H2_ReacT was funded as a collaborative project between RWTH Aachen University, BGR and GFZ as part of the GEO:N specialist programme "Utilisation of Underground Geosystems". The overall objective was to understand as far as possible all potentially relevant transport and conversion processes in geological reservoirs used for hydrogen storage.

The follow-up project H2_ReacT-Phase 2 continues to pursue this objective by collecting reliable experimental data and parameters on the reactivity and mobility of molecular hydrogen in connection with the use of underground space. Abiotic chemical reactions and microbial conversions as well as transport mechanisms of molecular hydrogen under elevated ("in situ") pressure and temperature conditions are considered.

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