Multi-phase flow in Porous Media

Flow, transport and deformation in porous media are encountered in many applications, for example CO2-storage in geological formations, soil contamination and remediation, gas and water transport in fuel cells. In these processes the porous media system depends on the character, geometry and dynamics of fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interfaces that occur at the scale of pores.

In our projects we investigate the influence of these phase interfaces on chemical reactions that change the pore structure, fracture propagation through porous media, and the coupling of free flow with porous media flow. We use the theory of Homogenization for the derivation of macroscopic equations.