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X-ray transparent core flood apparatus (2015–2016)

Abstract:
The proposed facility is a novel x-ray transparent flow vessel and acillaries for achieving direct, near-realtime, 3D measurement and visualisation of material flow inside rock samples. It will enable direct evaluation of how liquid, liquid-solid, and gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solid flows behave in cores replicating conditions in underground reservoirs. The coal seam gas, shale gas and oil, and geothermal energy recovery rely on precise understanding and simulation of subsurface flow. This apparatus will provide a new method to measure and visualise otherwise inaccessible flow behaviour, at a high level of detail, providing characterisation and model validation data underpinning reservoir simulations.
Grant type:
ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Researchers:

  • Emeritus Professor Sue Golding

    Emeritus Professor
    School of the Environment
    Faculty of Science
    Emeritus Professor
    School of the Environment
    Faculty of Science

  • Associate Professor Tom Rufford

    Associate Professor
    School of Chemical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
    Affiliate of Australian Research Co
    ARC Centre of Excellence-Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
    Affiliate of Dow Centre for Sustain
    Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
    Director of Research of School of C
    School of Chemical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

  • Emeritus Professor Hal Gurgenci

    Emeritus Professor
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Funded by:
Australian Research Council