Professor Florian Doster

Heriot-Watt University

Biography

Professor Florian Doster [PhD, Stuttgart University, 2011] is Professor for Multi-Scale Multi-Phase Flow Modelling in the Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering at Heriot-Watt University and Program Director for Subsurface Energy Systems. Previously he worked at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University and the Department of Mathematics at University of Bergen as well as the Institute of Computational Physics at Stuttgart University. His research interests include the study of multi-physics multi-phase flow phenomena in porous media and their appropriate physical and mathematical description across length and time scales. He focuses on phenomena related to CO2 storage, flow in fractured porous media and hysteretic phenomena such as trapping. His research is funded by the ACT(BEIS), European Commission, US Department of Energy, the Scottish Energy Technology Partnership, Norwegian Research Council, Foundation CMG, Total, BP and Petronas.

All sessions by Professor Florian Doster

Modelling of long-term along-fault flow of CO2
07:00 PM

Geological sequestration of CO2 requires knowledge of the flow properties of fault-related fracture networks in the low-permeability shale caprocks that overly most of the considered storage sites. A safe, sustainable and economical storage operation requires a profound understanding of these risks, recognising that quantification is challenging due to the many length and time scales involved and the very limited availability of data. These risks were addressed in the ACT project DETECT: Determining the risk of CO2 leakage along fractures of the primary caprock using an integrated monitoring and hydro-mechanical-chemical approach and the ERC project SECURe: Subsurface Evaluation of CCS and Unconventional Risks.

Professor Florian Doster

Heriot-Watt University

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