Upscaling of pore-scale processes involving microstructural evolution (C02)

• Subject Area: Mathematics
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 327154368

We contribute with models and numerical methods to the description of multiphase flow involving chemically reactive species in porous media. Our models span from the pore scale, up to the REV-scale range. We will focus on the advancement of pore-scale models to encompass interfacial processes associated with mechanical deformation, gas dissolution, and convection-dominated flow regimes. We will extend our simulation tools for the new pore-scale models and will develop efficient computational two-scale algorithms. We will derive effective REV-scale models by formal asymptotics and rigorous homogenisation.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1313: Interface-Driven Multi-Field Processes in Porous Media - Flow, Transport and Deformation -
• International Connection: Netherlands
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Rainer Helmig, until 12/2025; Professor Dr. Iuliu Sorin Pop, since 1/2026; Professor Dr. Christian Rohde