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"Shell's interests in porous media flows are very broad, ranging from fundamental aspects of single and multiphase flow, to complex processes relevant to enhanced oil recovery. We seek to complement our strong in-house R&D capabilities through active partnering and open innovation schemes. Especially in the Netherlands, there are many groups doing excelleng research in porous media flows, and InterPore helps us to get connected more closely to these experts."

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"InterPore members share our vision that an exciting new age of porous material developments lies ahead when crossing the boundaries of traditional disciplines, ranging from textile engineering to mathematics, from physics and chemical engineering, all the way to computer science and software engineering. By joining InterPore, we made sure to stay informed about the newest trends, best ideas and key requirements in our core business area - 3D image-based material analysis and computer aided material engineering."

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"I found the InterPore Conference in 2015 a very effective forum to learn about key developments in the understanding of phenomena related to porous media. Whether it be oil extraction from rock structures, ground water infiltration into soils, or ink penetration into paper, it is instructive to see the familiar fundamental problems that are being adressed and approaches that are being developed to answer these questions."

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"To us, innovation is not a stand-alone concept. Generating ideas and solutions for complex challenges requires tight connections with academia and industry. We joined InterPore because it helps fuel cooperation and discussions across disciplines."

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"The experience that a few of us had at the InterPore Conference last year at Purdue was very rewarding. We saw a very good balance between academia, industry and government, and also between theory, computation and experimentation that is hard to find in other organizations. That is why we decided to become an institutional member of InterPore"

"Superhot" or "supercritical" geothermal resources contain aqueous fluids at temperatures in excess of the critical temperature of water (374°C). Such conditions are encountered just above the magma body that drives conventional high-enthalpy geothermal systems (Figure 1) but have only recently intentionally been drilled into in the course of the Iceland Deep Drilling Project, IDDP. The two IDDP wells encountered 450°C at Krafla and likely >500°C at Reykjanes.
Drying of porous media is ubiquitous in various hydrologic and engineering processes ranging from evaporation from terrestrial surfaces to drying of food, building materials, pharmaceutical products, and preservation of historical buildings. Water evaporation from soil, arguably the porous medium ‘par excellence’, plays an important role in water management, land-atmosphere interactions, soil salinization, vegetation and crop production, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Therefore, it is important to have a clear understanding of the processes controlling water evaporation from porous media.
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