In geologic, biologic, and engineering porous media, bubbles (or droplets, ganglia) emerge in the aftermath of flow, phase change, or chemical reactions, where capillary equilibrium of bubbles significantly impacts the hydraulic, transport, and reactive processes. Here, we propose a conceptual model of a bubble’s capillary equilibrium associated with free energy inside a porous medium. This work provides a perspective for understanding dispersed fluids in porous media that is relevant to CO2 sequestration, petroleum recovery, and fuel cells, among other applications.

 

Date:

2021 December 14 (Tuesday)

Time:

15:00  Iran UTC+ 3:30

Registration Deadline (Extended):

2021 December 12, 12:00 Iran UTC+ 3:30 (21 Azar)

Eligibility qualification for the participants:

Faculty members, researchers, MSc/Ph.D. students and Researchers

Main presenter:

Dr. Ke XU

Assistant professor in Peking University, China, in the department of Energy and Resources Engineering. PhD degree in 2018 from the University of Texas at Austin, department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering. Postdoctoral researcher from MIT. Interested in pore-scale physics in surface flow and engineering.

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