Kalliopi Tzoufka

Research Interests

• Investigation of coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) processes in fractured and porous media
• Physics-based numerical simulation of coupled physical processes
• Analysis of High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) systems
• Geothermal potential of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)
• Hydrothermal system investigation

Career

Since 2022  Technical University of Munich | Research Associate

05.2023-07.2023  Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences | Visiting Scientist

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

Tzoufka, K., Blöcher, G., Cacace, M., Pfrang, Zosseder, K. (2024): Physics-based numerical evaluation of High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) in the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the German Molasse Basin. Abstract No: EGU24-18636, EGU General Assembly 2024, 14.04.-19.04.2024, Vienna, Austria

Tzoufka, K., Blöcher, G., Cacace, M., Pfrang, Zosseder, K. (2024): High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) in the Upper Jurassic geothermal reservoir of the German Molasse Basin. European Geothermal PhD Days 2024, 03.04.-05.04.2024, TU Delft, Netherlands

Tzoufka, K., Blöcher, G., Cacace, M., Pfrang, D., Bohnsack, D., Zosseder, K. (2023): Assessing High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) in the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the German Molasse Basin. European Geothermal Workshop 2023, 08.11-09.11.2023, Utrecht, Netherlands

Tzoufka, K., Pfrang, D., Bohnsack, D., Zosseder, K. (2023): Numerical modelling of high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) in the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the German Molasse Basin. Abstract No: EGU23-14784, EGU General Assembly 2023, 23.04-28.04.2023, Vienna, Austria

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., 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.

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.