Dr. Haibing Shao Staff Scientist (Tenure-Track) Leader of the Group Geothermal System Analysis Contact Department Environmental Informatics Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Permoserstr. 15, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Tel: +49 341 235 1884 Email: haibing(dot)shao(at)ufz(dot)de |
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General Research Topics
- Shallow Geothermal- Numerical modeling of heat transfer between Borehole Heat Exchangers and surrounding subsurface
- Analysis and optimization of long-term performance of Ground Source Heat Pump System (GSHP)
- Application of shallow subsurface for thermal storage - Deep Geothermal- Geothermal reservoir numerical model construction and analysis
- Analysis of coupled processes in the vicinity of wellbore
- Modelling partially saturated and multiphase flow process in the subsurface, with particular focus on the non-isothermal phase change behavior.
- Scaling and corrosion issues in high-temperature geothermal reservoirs - Reactive Transport Modeling- Numerical modeling of water-rock interactions
- Geochemical processes under high temperature high pressure environment
- Geochemically coupled processes in the context of nuclear waste repository - Software Development
- Implementation of relevant numerical schemes and features for the scientific software OpenGeoSys.
Current Research Projects
Featured Recent Publications
* Corresponding author
- Chaofan Chen, Wanlong Cai, Dmitri Naumov, Kun Tu, Hongwei Zhou, Yuping Zhang, Olaf Kolditz, Haibing Shao* (2021) Numerical investigation on the capacity and efficiency of a deep enhanced U-tube borehole heat exchanger system for building heating, Renewable Energy, In Print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.01.033
- Shuang Chen, Wanlong Cai, Francesco Witte, Xuerui Wang, Fenghao Wang, Olaf Kolditz, Haibing Shao* (2021) Long-term thermal imbalance in large borehole heat exchangers array – A numerical study based on the Leicester project, Energy and Buildings 231: 110518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110518
- Shuang Chen, Francesco Witte, Olaf Kolditz, Haibing Shao* (2020): Shifted thermal extraction rates in large Borehole Heat Exchanger array - a numerical experiment, Applied Thermal Engineering 162: 114750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114750
- Boyan Meng, Thomas Vienken, Olaf Kolditz, Haibing Shao* (2019): Evaluating the thermal impacts and sustainability of intensive shallow geothermal utilization on a neighborhood scale: Lessons learned from a case study, Energy Conversion and Management 199: 111913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.111913
- Yonghui Huang, Haibing Shao*, Erich Wieland, Olaf Kolditz, Georg Kosakowski (2018) A new approach to coupled two-phase reactive transport simulation for long-term degradation of concrete, Construction and Building Materials 190: 805-829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.09.114
Summary of publications and citations
ISI listed journal publications as of 01.2021: 45,
with 1171 citations and an h-index of 17
For the detailed publication list, please refer to my profile on the following websites:
ResearcherID, ResearchGate, ORCID
Teaching Experience
- Winter Semester 2014 - 2019
Lecture, exercise and practice: Geoströmungsmodellierung (Geo-Fluid Modeling)
3 SWS, TU Bergakamedie Freiberg (TUBAF)
- Winter Semester 2015 - 2019
Lecture: Hydrogeological Flow and Transport Modelling for GW-Management
4 SWS together with Dr. Nils Hothe, TU Bergakamedie Freiberg (TUBAF)
Career
since 08.2018
Staff Scientist (Tenure-Track), Group Leader
Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany;
05.2014 -04.2020
W1-Junior Professor “Geothermal System Analysis”
in the Faculty of Geoscience, Geotechnics and Mining,
TU Bergakamedie Freiberg (TUBAF)
04.2010 – 10.2010
Earth Science Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.,
visiting researcher on the topic of numerical modeling of CO2 geological sequestration process.
08.2009 - 07.2018
PostDoc Research Assistant, Staff Scientist.
Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany;
Education
PhD: 06.2007 – 07.2010
Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden)
Grade: magna cum laude (sehr gut)
Master: 09.2005 – 05.2007
Applied Environmental Geosciences,
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany
Grade: 1.2/5 (excellent)
Bachelor: 09. 2001 – 08. 2005
Environmental Engineering,
Tongji University, Shanghai, China