Partially-miscible multiphase systems in heterogeneous porous media (C06*)

• Subject Area: Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Urban Water Management, Water Chemistry, Integrated Water Resources Management ; Fluid Mechanics
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 327154368

This project investigates how rock heterogeneity influences mass transport at the gas–liquid interface, how this leads to salt precipitation, and how these processes affect multiphase flow in porous media. Using a newly developed high-pressure, high-temperature cell, these phenomena are studied at bubbles and droplets in various gas–liquid–solid systems under controlled conditions. Microfluidic experiments additionally analyze the impact on multiphase flow. Collaboration with modeling projects supports the mechanistic understanding and the development of models at the Darcy scale.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1313: Interface-Driven Multi-Field Processes in Porous Media - Flow, Transport and Deformation -
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Project Head: Maartje Maria Boon, Ph.D.