PhD Title: Caprock integrity and sealing capacity during underground hydrogen storage
Princy is currently a PhD candidate at Curtin University, Western Australia. Prior to that, she worked as a postgraduate intern at CSIRO, where she conducted multiple laboratory experiments on basaltic rocks from the Deccan Volcanic Province, India. She completed her master’s from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India, in 2023 by successfully defending her dissertation work, which focused on developing a Python-based 1D Geomechanical Model (GEM) of Mallowa salt, a potential storage site for liquid hydrogen. For her PhD, she is going to investigate caprock sealing capacity and storage integrity during underground hydrogen storage in porous media. Through a combination of experimental, analytical, and numerical approaches, Princy aims to identify and mitigate risks associated with storage integrity during hydrogen fast cyclic loading. Princy’s research expects to enable underground hydrogen storage as a safe and cost-effective means, developing sustainable solutions for efficient and effective hydrogen value chain development.