InterPore2022 Invited Speaker: Dr. Ruina Xu

Dr. Ruina Xu from Tsinghua University will present a talk entitled Supercritical CO2 flow and heat/mass transfer in micro/nano-porous structures in CO2 geological utilization and storage.

Ruina Xu is an Associate Professor (tenured) of the Department of Energy and Power Engineering at Tsinghua University and Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory for CO2 Utilization and Reduction Technology of Beijing. She obtained a B.S. in 2002 and PhD in 2007 from Tsinghua University. Her research aims at providing answers to fundamental questions on the dynamics of multiphase flow, heat and mass transfer in micro-/nano-scale and complex porous network, which are applicable to practical low carbon and carbon neutral solutions, for example CCUS, CO2 enhanced unconventional gas/oil exploitation, and next generation of solar-thermal and geothermal systems. In-situ high pressure visualization experiments and numerical models from atom-, molecular-, pore-, core-scale to field scale are developed in her lab. In addition to providing test platforms for CCS projects in UK, Canada and France, her team is the key technical supporter for the CCS demonstration projects in China. She has been the (co-) author of over 70 journal papers and has 30 authorized invention patents.