Model reduction and multiscale methods for filtration and adsorption

Project description

Project in collaboration with Dr. Bagus Muljadi (Engineering)

Porous media are ubiquitous in natural and engineered transport processes. When colloids or diffusive particles flows through their complex geometrical structure, non-trivial interactions arise between the advection, diffusion, particle-particle and particle-wall interactions. These processes can be modelled and simulated with computationally intensive three-dimensional simulations. In this project, a combination of rigorous multiscale analytical and multiscale numerical techniques (such as multiscale Finite Elements) will be used to derive and calibrate faster and simple models for filtration and adsorption processes. Extensions to include non-linear adsorption isotherms and non-linear reactions will be considered.

The project is part of a wider research effort within the GeoEnergy Research Centre that sees the collaboration of several UK and international academic partners, and industrial partners in the Automotive and Oil & Gas sector.