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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
85
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33950
World Ranking
379
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126

Earth Science

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86
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355
National Ranking
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Karsten Pruess publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karsten Pruess sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 356 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Karsten Pruess D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karsten Pruess sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Karsten Pruess is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans several fields of study, including Energy, Environmental Science, and Engineering. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

Their main research topics cover Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications, CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Karsten Pruess has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable co-authors include Gudmundur S. Bodvarson and M.J. Lippmann.

Their publications appear in specific scholarly venues, including the Brazilian Journal of Geophysics.

Recent notable work from Karsten Pruess includes the paper titled Numerical Evaluation of Geothermal Systems, published in 2023 in the Brazilian Journal of Geophysics.

  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

  • Numerical Evaluation of Geothermal Systems, 2023, Brazilian Journal of Geophysics

  • Gudmundur S. Bodvarson
  • M.J. Lippmann

  • Brazilian Journal of Geophysics

  • Energy
  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering

Best Publications

  • TOUGH2 User's Guide Version 2

    K. Pruess;C.M. Oldenburg;G.J. Moridis

  • 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

    Nicolas Spycher;Karsten Pruess;Jonathan Ennis-King

  • TOUGHREACT-A simulation program for non-isothermal multiphase reactive geochemical transport in variably saturated geologic media: Applications to geothermal injectivity and CO2 geological sequestration

    Tianfu Xu;Eric Sonnenthal;Nicolas Spycher;Karsten Pruess

  • TOUGH2-A General-Purpose Numerical Simulator for Multiphase Fluid and Heat Flow

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  • A PRACTICAL METHOD FOR MODELING FLUID AND HEAT FLOW IN FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA

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  • Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) using CO2 as working fluid—A novel approach for generating renewable energy with simultaneous sequestration of carbon

    Karsten Pruess

  • Numerical simulation of CO2 disposal by mineral trapping in deep aquifers

    Tianfu Xu;John A Apps;Karsten Pruess

  • CO2-H2O mixtures in the geological sequestration of CO2. II. Partitioning in chloride brines at 12–100°C and up to 600 bar

    Nicolas Spycher;Karsten Pruess

  • Mineral sequestration of carbon dioxide in a sandstone–shale system

    Tianfu Xu;John A. Apps;Karsten Pruess

  • ECO2N: A TOUGH2 Fluid Property Module for Mixtures of Water, NaCl, and CO2

    Karsten Pruess

  • Multiphase flow dynamics during CO2 disposal into saline aquifers

    Karsten Pruess;Julio García

  • Depressurization-Induced Gas Production From Class-1 Hydrate Deposits

    George J. Moridis;Michael Brendon Kowalsky;Karsten Pruess

  • Numerical modeling of injection and mineral trapping of CO2 with H2S and SO2 in a Sandstone Formation

    Tianfu Xu;John A. Apps;Karsten Pruess;Hajime Yamamoto

  • State-of-the-art of geothermal reservoir simulation

    Michael J. O'Sullivan;Karsten Pruess;Marcelo J. Lippmann

  • TOUGHREACT Version 2.0: A simulator for subsurface reactive transport under non-isothermal multiphase flow conditions

    Tianfu Xu;Nicolas Spycher;Eric Sonnenthal;Guoxiang Zhang

  • Gas flow in porous media with Klinkenberg effects

    Yu-Shu Wu;Karsten Pruess;peter Persoff

  • The TOUGH Codes—A Family of Simulation Tools for Multiphase Flow and Transport Processes in Permeable Media

    Karsten Pruess

  • Reactive geochemical transport simulation to study mineral trapping for CO2 disposal in deep arenaceous formations

    Tianfu Xu;John A. Apps;Karsten Pruess

  • Process Modeling of CO2 Injection into Natural Gas Reservoirs for Carbon Sequestration and Enhanced Gas Recovery

    C.M. Oldenburg;Karsten Pruess;Sally M. Benson

  • TOUGH+Hydrate v1.0 User's Manual: A Code for the Simulation of System Behavior in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media

    George Moridis;George J. Moridis;Michael B. Kowalsky;Karsten Pruess

  • MODELING MULTIPHASE NON-ISOTHERMAL FLUID FLOW AND REACTIVE GEOCHEMICAL TRANSPORT IN VARIABLY SATURATED FRACTURED ROCKS: 1. METHODOLOGY

    Tianfu Xu;Karsten Pruess

  • Mineral Sequestration of Carbon Dixoide in a Sandstone-Shale System

    Tianfu Xu;John A. Apps;Karsten Pruess

  • CO2-H2O Mixtures in the Geological Sequestration of CO2. II. Partitioning in Chloride Brines at 12-100oC and up to 600 bar

    Nicolas Spycher;Karsten Pruess

  • Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) using CO2 as working fluid - A novelapproach for generating renewable energy with simultaneous sequestration of carbon

    Karsten Pruess

Frequent Co-Authors

Tianfu Xu
Tianfu Xu Jilin University
Yu-Shu Wu
Yu-Shu Wu Colorado School of Mines
Curtis M. Oldenburg
Curtis M. Oldenburg Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
George J. Moridis
George J. Moridis Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nicolas Spycher
Nicolas Spycher Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Stefan Finsterle
Stefan Finsterle Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sally M. Benson
Sally M. Benson Stanford University
Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson
Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Christine Doughty
Christine Doughty Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Eric Sonnenthal
Eric Sonnenthal Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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