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Research Interests

  • Numerical simulation of coupled thermo-hydraulic processes in fractured and porous media
  • Numerical analysis of High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) systems
  • Geothermal potential of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)
  • Numerical investigation of hydrothermal systems

Career

Since 2022  Technische Universität München | Research Associate

2019-2022  Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) | Research Associate

2016  Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ | Scientific Assistant

Education

  • 2017  Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg |M.Sc. Groundwater Management
  • 2016-2017  M.Sc. Thesis at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ: „Numerical simulations to investigate hydraulic behaviors and temperature anomalies of a complex hydrogeological system, the case of the Lower Yarmouk Gorge, Israel/Jordan/Syria.”
  • 2013  Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Undergraduate Studies in Physics. Major: Applied and Environmental Physics

Scholarship

2016 : Visiting grant (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) - YSEP103) at the Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem.

Publications

Tzoufka, K., Magri, F., Rödiger, T., Inbar, N., Shalev, E., Möller, P., Raggad, M., Rosenthal, E., Siebert, C. (2018): The effect of hydraulic anisotropies on intensely exploited groundwater resources: the numerical evaluation of a hydrothermal transboundary aquifer system in the Middle East. Hydrogeology Journal 26(8): 2875-2890. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-018-1827-x

Conference Contributions

Tischner, T., Hassanzadegan, A., Krug, S., Stechern, A., Tzoufka, K., Jung, R. (2020): Productivity Enhancement by Hydraulic Fracturing and Circulation of Thermal Water at the Test Site Horstberg in the North German Basin. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2020, Reykjavik, Iceland

Tzoufka, K., Hassanzadegan, A., Tischner, T. (2019): Numerical characterisation of the induced hydraulic fracture in the Horstberg geothermal reservoir. German Geothermal Congress DGK 2019, 19.11-21.11.2019, Munich, Germany

Tzoufka, K., Hassanzadegan, A., Tischner, T. (2019): Numerical analysis to characterise the fractured zone in the Enhanced Geothermal System Horstberg. Young Earth Scientists Congress 2019, 09.09-13.09.2019 Berlin, Germany

Tzoufka, K., Siebert, C., Rödiger, T., Inbar, N., Shalev, E., Möller, P., Raggad, M., Rosenthal, E., Magri, F. (2017): Numerical simulations of the impact of hydraulic anisotropy and anthropogenic activities on the complex hydrogeological system of the Lower Yarmouk Gorge. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 19, Abstract No: EGU2017-5260, EGU General Assembly 2017, 23.04-28.04.2017, Vienna, Austria

Magri, F., Inbar, N., Möller, P., Raggad, M., Rödiger, T., Rosenthal, E., Shentsis, I., Tzoufka, K., Siebert, C. (2017): 3D hydrogeological model of the Lower Yarmouk Gorge, Jordan Rift Valley. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 19, Abstract No: EGU2017-4628-2, EGU General Assembly 2017, 23.04-28.04.2017, Vienna, Austria

Reports

Tischner, T., Krug, S., Tzoufka, K., Diekmann, R. (2020): Circulation of thermal water in the deep borehole Horstberg Z1 - Characterization of an artifially created heat exchanger and geochemical investigations. Report, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany.

Tischner, T., Krug, S., Diekmann, R., Hassanzadegan, A., Hehn, V., Jatho, R., Rühaak, W., Stumpf, R., Tzoufka, K. (2021): Thermalwasserzirkulation in der Tiefbohrung Horstberg Z1 - Charakterisierung eines künstlich geschaffenen Wärmetauschers und geochemische Untersuchungen, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hannover, Deutschland.