Publications by Valentina Favero

L’importance des Jeunes Professionnels dans l’ingénierie des barrages en Suisse

En Suisse, l’hydroélectricité est la principale source d’énergie et contribue à environ 58% de la production totale. La stratégie énergétique 2050 vise à augmenter cette part au cours des prochaines décennies. Cette augmentation représente un défi pour les ...

2023

The importance of young professionals for dam engineering in Switzerland

Samuel Luke Vorlet, Valentina Favero

In Switzerland, hydropower is the main energy source and contributes to about 58.3% of the total production. The 2050 energy strategy aims to increase this share in the coming decades. This increase is a challenge for hydropower plants. The maintenance and ...

CRC Press/Balkema2023

Consolidated-undrained triaxial testing of Opalinus Clay: Results and method validation

Valentina Favero

2018

Impact of CO2 injection on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a clay-rich caprock

Lyesse Laloui, Valentina Favero

The safe storage of CO2 in deep reservoir units requires an efficient sealing of the overlaying caprock. The acidic environment caused by the dissolution of CO2 into the pore fluid can induce changes in the microstructure of the material over the long term ...

2018

Anisotropic behaviour of Opalinus Clay through consolidated and drained triaxial testing in saturated conditions

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Valentina Favero

This paper investigates the anisotropic hydro-mechanical behaviour of Opalinus Clay shale, the host material currently being considered for the construction of a nuclear waste repository in Switzerland. Consolidated and drained triaxial tests on Opalinus C ...

2018

Multiphysical behaviour of shales from Northern Switzerland

Valentina Favero

Shales are involved in energy-related applications such as the extraction of shale gas, the CO2 storage and the nuclear waste disposal. In these contexts, fundamental issues come along with the multiphysical conditions in which shales are found, where mech ...

EPFL2017

1D Compression Behaviour of Opalinus Clay

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Valentina Favero

2017

Testing of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of shales

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Valentina Favero

Shales are among the most commonly considered geomaterials in current energy-related geomechanical investigations, as they are involved in engineering applications such as the unconventional extraction of natural gas, CO2 sequestration and nuclear waste ge ...

Taylor & Francis2016

On the Hydro-Mechanical Behaviour of Remoulded and Natural Opalinus Clay Shale

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Valentina Favero

The geo-energy sector makes use of advanced technologies such as shale gas extraction, CO2 sequestration and nuclear waste geological disposal that rely on the exploitation of shale formations. Due to the great depths involved in these applications and the ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

An insight on the thermo-mechanical behaviour of a shale

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Valentina Favero

2016