A Michigan Tech student’s 3D model of an iconic Upper Peninsula iron mine helps researchers
visualize and measure the energy storage potential that awaits in abandoned hard-metal
mines.
Keweenaw Energy Transition Lab (KETL) team member Jacob Chizek’s three-dimensional
solid model of Negaunee’s Mather B mine facilitated our detailed design and analysis
of a Pumped Underground Storage Hydropower (PUSH) system. Chizek’s work was important
for many reasons, but most key was how the model allowed the team to create more precise
estimates of the mine’s size and form. The increased accuracy made the entire PUSH
study better because team members…
Modeling the Mather B Helps Map Out Future for Old Mines and Clean Energy Storage
