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CSC PhD studentship in “Multi-scale simulation of reactive multi-phase transport in porous media for geo-energy applications”

  • June 2, 2020
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Applications are invited for a funded China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentship at Queen Mary University of London:

https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/research/studentships/345/sems-china-scholarship-council-csc-phd-studentships-for-entry-in-september-2020

We consider the development of multi-phase reactive flow simulations in porous media, coupled with heat transfer, at pore, core and reservoir scale, with applications in Enhanced Oil Recovery, CO2 storage and geothermal energy.

For this purpose, we have developed a suite of simulation codes, based on the Lattice-Boltzmann (LB) method, using parallel CPU and GPU computing technology. As input we typically use a representative 3D micro-CT pore space image of a specific rock sample, which is then used in subsequent flow simulations. Please see list of reference papers below.

PhD candidates should have a keen interest in developing code for parallel CPU and / or GPU calculations.

This research project will be carried out in collaboration with a major international energy company.

Deadline for application is 12th January 2020. 

 

Contact details:

 

Dr Edo Boek

 

Programme Director & Reader in Chemical Engineering & Renewable Energy
Soft Matter & Porous Materials Research Group
School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS)
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

References:

[1] Zacharoudiou, I., Chapman, E., Boek, E., & Crawshaw, J. (2017), “Pore-filling events in single junction micro-models with corresponding lattice Boltzmann simulations”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 824, 550-573. doi:10.1017/jfm.2017.363

[2] Zacharoudiou, I., Boek, E.S., & Crawshaw, J. (2018), “Impact of drainage displacement patterns and Haines jumps on CO2 storage efficiency”, Nature Scientific Reports, 8:15561  DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-33502-y

[3] F.Gray, S. Shah, J.Crawshaw,  B.Anabaraonye, E.S. Boek (2018), “Chemical Mechanisms of Dissolution of Calcite by HCl in Porous Media: Simulations and Experiment”, Advances in Water Resources, 121, 369-387.

[4] J.Yang and E.S.Boek, ”A comparison study of multi-component lattice-Boltzmann models for flow in porous media applications”, Computers and Mathematics with Applications 65, 882-890 (2013).