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X-WR-CALNAME:ESE Seminar - Martin J. Blunt: Flow in Porous Media in the Ene
 rgy Transition
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DESCRIPTION:Martin J. Blunt\n\nDepartment of Earth Science and Engineering\
 nImperial College\, London\n\nThis meeting is in Room 104 and can also be 
 viewed in Room 014\n\nAbstract\n\nThe presentation will review recent rese
 arch on flow in porous media at Imperial College London.  I will first exp
 lain how flow in porous media should be viewed as a scientific discipline 
 in its own right\, freed from application-specific silos.  I will then fra
 me the importance of the subject in the light of the energy transition\, a
 nd briefly describe how this has led to an evolution of both teaching and 
 research at Imperial away from fossil fuel extraction.\n\nI will highlight
  the use of high-resolution three-dimensional X-ray imaging of porous medi
 a and the fluids within them to provide unprecedented insights into flow b
 ehavior.  I will describe how both pore structure and wettability govern f
 low and trapping.  The concept of Gaussian curvature of fluid menisci and 
 minimal surfaces will be introduced to show how processes for optimal reco
 very\, and trapping\, can be designed.  The presentation will be illustrat
 ed with applications in oil recovery\, carbon dioxide storage\, and the de
 sign of gas diffusion layers in electrolysers and fuel cells.  Finally I w
 ill describe new challenges associated with the study of hydrogen storage\
 , and the design of packed bed reactors and heat pumps.\n\nThe aim of the 
 presentation is to explore the very rich – and societally crucial – ap
 plications of flow in porous media\, and to show how using a common scient
 ific framework should allow us to design more effective storage and recove
 ry processes.\n\n\n\nBio\n\nMartin Blunt is a Professor of Flow in Poro
 us Media in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial Co
 llege London: he joined Imperial in 1999. He served as Head of the Departm
 ent of Earth Science and Engineering from 2006-2011. Previous to this he w
 as Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Stanford University. Be
 fore joining Stanford in 1992\, he was a research reservoir engineer with 
 BP in Sunbury-on-Thames in the UK. He holds MA and PhD (1988) degrees in t
 heoretical physics from Cambridge University.  He was elected Fellow of th
 e Royal Academy of Engineering in 2019. \n\nProf. Blunt’s work has helpe
 d transform our understanding of how fluids move underground.  This resear
 ch plays a vital role in our energy transition through the better design a
 nd management of hydrocarbon production and carbon dioxide storage.  He is
  now extending the applications of his work to hydrogen storage\, soils an
 d agricultural processes\, as well as manufactured porous materials\n\nRef
 erences and Related Papers\n\nFlow in Porous Media in the Energy Transitio
 n\nMartin J. Blunta\, Qingyang Linb\n\nhttps://acrobat.adobe.com/link/revi
 ew?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7d962ebb-980e-3106-a145-34d47146d85d\n\nPore‑Sca
 le Imaging and Analysis of Wettability Order\, Trapping and Displacement i
 n Three‑Phase Flow in Porous Media with Various Wettabilities\nAbdulla A
 lhosani1 · Branko Bijeljic1 · Martin J. Blunt1\,2\n\nhttps://acrobat.ado
 be.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:a333fd0a-008d-3148-bd48-1297e9a9168
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LOCATION:Green Earth Sciences Building\, 104
SUMMARY:ESE Seminar - Martin J. Blunt: Flow in Porous Media in the Energy T
 ransition
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/ese_seminar_-_martin_j_blun
 t_flow_in_porous_media_in_the_energy_transition
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