Cyclic Injection for Commercial Seismic-Safe Geologic H2 Production
Lead PI: Mengsu Hu, Funded by DOE ARPA-E
Recent talks:
Mengsu Hu. Geologic hydrogen production: Geomechanics, reactive fluid transport, and induced seismicity. May 22, 2025, Frontiers in Geologic Hydrogen, National Academies meeting. Link
Mengsu Hu. Toward economic and seismic-safe geologic hydrogen. October 10, 2025, Warren Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States. Link
Mengsu Hu. Cyclic Injection for Commercial Seismic-Safe Geologic H2 Production (CyclicGeoH2). May 28, 2025, Subsurface Project Highlights, ARPA-E Subsurface Week, Washington, DC, United States. Link
Mengsu Hu. Geologic hydrogen: Where science meets engineering. November 13, 2025. Department of Earth & Planetary Science Seminar Series, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.
Laboratory Experiments
Hydrogen Residual Trapping and Hydrogen-Water-Solid Contacts
Paper:
Yu, Siqin, Mengsu Hu*, Carl I. Steefel, and Ilenia Battiato. "Unraveling residual trapping for geologic hydrogen storage and production using pore-scale modeling." Advances in Water Resources (2024): 104659. (First author was a PhD intern student working with Mengsu Hu)