Title: Safe CO2 Storage: Developing efficient models of underground fluid flow
Speakers: Dr. Vinod Kumar & Paul Delgado
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 10:00AM (PST)/12:00PM (CST)/1:00PM (EST)
Register: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEY2OVB0cTBtRnBNeXpVVGo2Q04wTXc6MA#gid=0.
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 12pm CT, ELA and the XSEDE Scholars Program are co-hosting the first session of its Student/Advisor Research Talk Series. The webinar will feature the research of graduate student and NSF fellow, Paul Delgado and his faculty advisor, Dr. Vinod Kumar who will discuss "Safe CO2 Storage: Developing efficient models of underground fluid flow".
The idea for this series came from Manuel Zubieta, an XSEDE Scholar and graduate student at the U. of New Orleans. At a recent conference, he broached the topic of public speaking with me and said this was an area that he thinks a lot of graduate students would welcome practice with. Also, one of the most successful student activities at conferences has been a session during which graduate students shared their research with small groups of undergraduates.
Thus, we enthusiastically kick off this series that will highlight the exciting research of students and their faculty advisors within our community and how high performance computing is used to aid their research efforts. In addition, the sessions will provide a forum for fellow students to discuss similar research efforts and ask questions about the graduate school experience.
Relevance: CO2 is stored to enhance oil and natural gas recovery and for CO2 emission reduction. Carbon Sequestration is a process that can help reduce CO2 emissions while extracting vital natural resources, such as oil and natural gas, from underground reservoirs. To ensure that the CO2 is stored safely, efficient models need to be developed that couple the different physics at the different scales relevant to the fluid flow underground. If there is a compromise in its storage, uncontrolled migration of CO2 can contaminate water aquifers and other mineral reservoirs. In a possible scenario, if a large concentration of CO2 is suddenly released into the surface, it can also asphyxiate people.
