Seminar: "Convective mixing in porous media: from CO2 sequestration to thermal energy storage"

DiSAT is glad to invite you at the seminar "Convective mixing in porous media: from CO2 sequestration to thermal energy storage" scheduled on next Thursday 14th of May in Sala Didattica at 10.30 A.m.
The seminar will be held by Marco de Paoli from TU Wien, PI of the ERC StG project MORPHOS.
Understanding convective mixing in porous media is essential for controlling and designing key environmental and industrial processes, ranging from contaminant transport in the subsurface to latent-heat thermal energy storage systems. Long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide is one important example. When carbon dioxide is injected underground for permanent storage, it dissolves into saline groundwater and mixes through convection driven by small density differences. This process enhances the secure trapping of carbon dioxide. However, predicting the rate of mixing remains challenging because it depends strongly on how the fluids and their interactions are modeled. We combine laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and theoretical analysis to investigate how different modeling assumptions influence mixing behavior. Our results show that commonly used simplifications can lead to substantially different predictions. These findings improve our understanding of convective mixing in porous media and provide guidance for the design, operation, and monitoring of such systems.

Looking to see many of you

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