Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Storage Technologies |
Direct Porous Media Flow Simulations
Innovations in fluid dynamic simulators that utilise porous media images to design , test and study the flow of fluids through porous media , on which various energy resources and storage technologies are dependent . |
Competitive Advantage • A team experienced in running the world ’ s largest direct 3D simulations of fluid flow in porous media
• Innovative imaging technology allows the explicit definition of the wetting nature of porous systems that are important for transport of immiscible phases
• Coupling of imaging technologies with flow simulations that provide unprecedented information for the design of porous systems and / or recovery of resources from porous rocks
• Representative models that are unmatched by computational power and efficiency
Impact • Multiscale reservoir models for the recovery of natural gas or mineralogical resources
• Optimisation of porous systems for the design of structures that provide efficient transport
• Innovations that facilitate the design and optimisation of a broad range of porous media technologies , including fuel cells , natural gas reservoirs , and in-situ mineral recovery , packed-bed reactors and membranes
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Capabilities and Facilities • Access to advanced computational facilities for large simulations on representative rock and porous systems
• Development of workflows for permeability and relative permeability simulations
• Advanced wettability characterisation of surface properties for multiphase flow simulation
More Information Professor Peyman Mostaghimi
School of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering
T : + 61 2 9385 5122 E : peyman @ unsw . edu . au
Professor Ryan Armstrong
School of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering
T : + 61 2 9385 5122
E : ryan . armstrong @ unsw . edu . au
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Successful Applications |
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• Validation and comparison studies against large simulations conducted on the world ’ s largest super computers |
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• Testing on sandstone and carbonate reservoir rocks and validation with experimental studies |
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