RECS Alumni from Tsinghua University Host CO2 Lab Tour and Lunch
Shu Luo (RECS 2010), a Ph.D. candidate in Thermal Engineering at Tsinghua University in Beijing and his advisor Dr. Ruina Xu (RECS 2008) gave Pamela Tomski, RECS Founder and Director a lab tour and hosted lunch. Dr. Xu is a leading CCUS researcher in China and is heading an investigation into “Fundamental Study of Migration of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in Porous Media Under Conditions of Saline Aquifers.” The project includes experimental, computational and theoretical studies to improve fundamental understanding of CO2/brine two-phase flow in porous media. At Tsinghua University’s supercritical CO2 test facility, Shu Luo is conducting experiments on trapping mechanisms for CO2 storage using custom-built MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) with high pressure and temperature. Supercritical CO2 and water are injected into the sintered glass porous media structure by different mixture ratios, which is designed with a fissure defect. Visualization and analysis results simultaneously demonstrate that supercritical CO2 saturation and distribution vary with different ratios. Part of this project is a collaboration with Geoscience Australia, where Shu Luo was recently a Visiting Researcher working on the integration of numerical simulations of CO2 plumes in saline aquifers.
Gao Cheng, Pamela Tomski, Ruina Xu, Shu Luo and Desiree Petrilli enjoying lunch after a tour of Dr. Xu’s CO2 Lab in the Department of Thermal Engineering at Tsinghua University.
