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PORE 3-9: A Non-Local Statistical Mechanics Framework for Immiscible Flow in Permeable Media
Access to safe and reliable large-scale geologic storage sites for CO2, H2 and natural gas is integral to energy transition. Efficient use of subsurface formations as storage sites requires reliable predictions of flow processes. In addition to the complexity and uncertainty associated with these systems, the severe predictive limitations of macroscale models of flow and transport adversely affect our ability to engineer subsurface systems reliably. This short course offers a statistical mechanics framework that is firmly grounded in the physics of multiphase flow in permeable media and incorporates non-locality considerations associated with the spatiotemporal scales of large-scale systems.
What Will You Learn?
The goal of the course is to introduce students to nonlocality, fundamental scale considerations, and upscaling based on a statistical mechanics framework grounded in the physics of multiphase flow in porous media.
The course will include 12 hours of lectures over a four-week period. Reading materials will be distributed beforehand.
Course Dates & Time: March 4, 11, 18, & 25, 2025 from 8:00-11:00 Central European Time
Please note that the Zoom link and all other course-related information can be found within the individual lessons, which registered participants can access through their user account.
Lecturers:
Saman Aryana is a Professor and Occidental Chair for Energy And Environmental Technologies, Department Head, at the University of Wyoming. His research interests lie primarily in the fundamental physics of flow instabilities and dynamics of subsurface displacement processes.
Alex Hansen is the Center Director for PoreLab – Porous Media Laboratory – Norwegian Centre of Excellence (SFF – The Research Council of Norway). His research interests are the following: complex matter physics, computational physics, transport and breakdown phenomena in disordered systems, physics of porous media and granular media, and non-equilibrium statistical physics.
Important note: All lectures will be offered live, and participants are expected to attend all sessions in order to be granted a certificate of attendance. Recordings of the lectures will be provided in most cases within 24 hours after each session. These recordings will be available for 1 month following course completion. Please note that sharing the recordings with others is not permitted.
Course access information and further details will be sent to all participants the week before the course start. For questions, please contact karolin.weber@interpore.org.
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