One PhD studentship in carbon storage available at Imperial College

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THREE-YEAR PHD PROJECTS

Seeking one candidate

Engineering PhD Studentships in CarbonStorage (bursary ￡18,000 pa, all fees included)

Supervisor: Sam Krevor

Start: October, 2014

CO2 Sequestration: Multiphase flow properties of the carbonaterock/water/CO2 system at various scales

The greatest scientific andtechnological challenge of this century is how to provide energy to a growingglobal population, while avoiding dangerous climate change. The storage of CO2in deep subsurface geologic reservoirs is broadly recognized as essential for majorgreenhouse gas emissions reductions, including assessments made by theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Commission on European Communities,and the United States Department of Energy.

The characteristic flow properties of theCO2-water system in porous media, including the relative permeability,capillary pressure, and residual trapping, control such aspects of geologic storageprojects as maximal rates of CO2 injection, the spread of subsurfaceplumes, and the long-term security of injected gas. At the same time, few observationshave been made of these properties at pressure, temperature, and flowconditions relevant to storage in carbonate rocks.

The project will combine core-flood testsof these properties, with pore-scale observations and modeling of fluiddistributions under varying fluid property and pressure/temperature conditions.  The goal of this project is to utilize observationsand modeling at the various scales in developing useful generalizations aboutthe linkages between pore-structure, fluid properties, and macroscopic flow relationshipsuseful for reservoir simulations. These studies will be extended to investigatethe impact of chemical processes such as matrix dissolution, precipitation, CO2dissolution, exsolution, and diffusion on flow properties as per the progressand interests of the student.

The posts are funded through major long-term support from Qatar Petroleum and Shell International for the Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre (QCCSRC). This Centre is enabling Imperial College London to expand its research into Clean Fossil Fuels significantly - aimed in particular at improving the energy efficiency of oil and gas recovery, closely coupled with reducing greenhouse gas emissions through advanced carbon capture and storage technologies. The Centre is a collaboration between the Department of Earth Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering.

The successfulapplicants will be encouraged to collaborate with other QCCSRC team members andother academic staff members, publish the research results in internationallyrecognised peer reviewed journals and present the research results at relevantnational and international scientific and professional conferences, and sponsormeetings.

We are looking forstudents with an outstanding academic record in applied mathematics, physicalscience or engineering. We have full funding for European Union and overseasstudents.  

Information about the research centre is available at the Department of Earth Science and Engineering:

www.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering