Karsten Pruess

26.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
275 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

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Karsten Pruess is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Karsten Pruess has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Environmental Engineering, 118 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 93 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Karsten Pruess's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (145 papers), CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (134 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (112 papers). Karsten Pruess is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (145 papers), CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (134 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (112 papers). Karsten Pruess collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Italy. Karsten Pruess's co-authors include Nicolas Spycher, Tianfu Xu, John A. Apps, Yu‐Shu Wu, T. N. Narasimhan, Curtis M. Oldenburg, Jonathan Ennis‐King, P. Persoff, Eric Sonnenthal and Yvonne Tsang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Karsten Pruess

265 papers receiving 14.8k citations

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CO2-H2O mixtures in the geological sequestration of CO2. I. Assessment and calculation of mutual solubilities from 12 to 100°C and up to 600 bar

2003 807 citations Nicolas Spycher, Karsten Pruess et al. profile →
TOUGHREACT—A simulation program for non-isothermal multiphase reactive geochemical transport in variably saturated geologic media: Applications to geothermal injectivity and CO2 geological sequestration

2005 659 citations Tianfu Xu, Eric Sonnenthal et al. profile →
A Practical Method for Modeling Fluid and Heat Flow in Fractured Porous Media

1985 636 citations Karsten Pruess, T. N. Narasimhan profile →
Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) using CO2 as working fluid - A novelapproach for \ngenerating renewable energy with simultaneous sequestration of carbon

2006 596 citations Karsten Pruess University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mathematical models as tools for probing long-term safety of CO2 storage 2010 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Karsten Pruess, Jens Birkhölzer, Quanlin Zhou	1
2	Thermal single-well injection-withdrawal tracer tests for determining fracture-matrix heat transfer area 2010 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Karsten Pruess, (unknown)	3
3	Numerical modeling of injection and mineral trapping of CO2 with H2S and SO2 in a Sandstone \nFormation 2008 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Tianfu Xu, John A. Apps, Karsten Pruess, Hajime Yamamoto	337
4	Comparing FRACHEM and TOUGHREACT for reactive transport modeling of brine-rock interactions in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) 2008 ·Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ·Laurent André, Nicolas Spycher, Tianfu Xu, Karsten Pruess, (unknown)	5
5	Numerical studies of fluid-rock interactions in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) with CO2 as working fluid 2008 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Tianfu Xu, Karsten Pruess, John A. Apps	24
6	Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) using CO2 as working fluid - A novelapproach for \ngenerating renewable energy with simultaneous sequestration of carbon breakdown → 2006 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Karsten Pruess	596
7	TOUGH+/GasH2O STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF A HEAT SOURCE BURIED IN THE MARTIAN PERMAFROST 2006 ·Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ·George J. Moridis, Karsten Pruess	1
8	Numerical studies of fluid leakage from a geologic disposal reservoir for CO{sub 2} show self-limiting feedback between fluid flow and heat transfer - article no. L14404 2005 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Karsten Pruess	15
9	A physically based numerical approach for modeling fracture-matrix interaction in fractured reservoirs 2004 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Yu‐Shu Wu, Karsten Pruess	4
10	TOUGHREACT User's Guide: A Simulation Program for Non-isothermal Multiphase Reactive geochemical Transport in Variable Saturated Geologic Media 2004 ·Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ·Tianfu Xu, Eric Sonnenthal, Nicolas Spycher, Karsten Pruess	36
11	Hydrological and geochemical monitoring for a CO2 sequestration pilot in a brine formation 2004 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Christine Doughty, Karsten Pruess, Sally M. Benson, Barry Freifeld, William D. Gunter	5
12	Using toughreact to model reactive fluid flow and geochemical transport in hydrothermal systems 2003 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Tianfu Xu, Eric Sonnenthal, Nicolas Spycher, Karsten Pruess	4
13	TOUGHREACT: a new code of the TOUGH Family for Non-Isothermal multiphase reactive geochemical transport in variably saturated geologic media 2003 ·OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·Tianfu Xu, Eric Sonnenthal, Nicolas Spycher, Karsten Pruess	15
14	Modeling of geochemical interactions between acidic and neutral fluids in the Onikobe Geothermal Reservoir 2003 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·(unknown), (unknown), Tianfu Xu, Karsten Pruess	2
15	Modeling supercritical CO2 injection in heterogneous porous media 2003 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Christine Doughty, Karsten Pruess	1
16	Automatic Calibration of Geothermal Reservoir Models Through Parallel Computing on a Workstation Cluster 1999 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Stefan Finsterle, Karsten Pruess	3
17	On Two-Phase Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure of Rough-Walled Rock \nFractures 1989 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Karsten Pruess, Yvonne Tsang	228
18	NUMERICAL MODELING OF MULTIPHASE AND NONISOTHERMAL FLOW IN FRACTURED MEDIA 1988 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Karsten Pruess, T. N. Narasimhan	1
19	PERFORMANCE MATCHING AND PREDICTION FOR SERRAZZANO GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR BY MEANS OF NUMERICAL SIMULATION 1980 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Karsten Pruess, O. Weres, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
20	Description of the 3-dimensional 2-phase simulator SHAFT78 for use in geothermal reservoir studies 1979 ·NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N ·Karsten Pruess, (unknown), (unknown), P.A. Witherspoon	1

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