We investigate the physics, chemistry, and techno-economics of CO2 storage underground

Our research includes exploring fundamental pore scale fluid dynamics, developing digital rocks analysis techniques, increasing the accuracy of field scale reservoir simulation, and evaluating the feasibility of scaling up CO2 storage to climate relevant scales.

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StrataTrapper Advanced Modelling of CO2 Migration and Trapping

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THMC4CCS: ThorougH experiMental and numerical investigation of Coupled processes for geologiC Carbon ‎Storage

Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellowship

ExpReCCS: Expansion of ResourCes for CO2 Storage on the Horda Platform

inFUSE Prosperity Partnership

Shell Digital Rocks Laboratory

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@article{Boon:2016:10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.07.020,
author = {Boon, M and Bijeljic, B and Niu, B and Krevor, S},
doi = {10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.07.020},
journal = {Advances in Water Resources},
pages = {266--281},
title = {Observations of 3-D transverse dispersion and dilution in natural consolidated rock by X-ray tomography},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.07.020},
volume = {96},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of transverse dispersion for dilution and mixing of solutes but most observations have remained limited to two-dimensional sand-box models. We present a new core-flood test to characterize solute transport in 3-D natural-rock media. A device consisting of three annular regions was used for fluid injection into a cylindrical rock core. Pure water was injected into the center and outer region and a NaI solution into the middle region. Steady state transverse dispersion of NaI was visualized with an X-ray medical CT-scanner for a range of Peclét numbers. Three methods were used to calculate Dt: (1) fitting an analytical solution, (2) analyzing the second-central moment, and (3) analyzing the dilution index and reactor ratio. Transverse dispersion decreased with distance due to flow focusing. Furthermore, Dt in the power-law regime showed sub-linear behavior. Overall, the reactor ratios were high confirming the homogeneity of Berea sandstone.
AU  - Boon,M
AU  - Bijeljic,B
AU  - Niu,B
AU  - Krevor,S
DO  - 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.07.020
EP  - 281
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 0309-1708
SP  - 266
TI  - Observations of 3-D transverse dispersion and dilution in natural consolidated rock by X-ray tomography
T2  - Advances in Water Resources
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.07.020
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/39070
VL  - 96
ER  -
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