Our Research

The reserach in our section falls into three categories: Geo-Energy, Geo-environmental Protection, and Computational Geosciences.

Geo-Energy

Our research on geo-energy explores methods to harness Earth's geothermal energy, advances the storage of liquid hydrogen in the subsurface, and studies the carbon footprint.

Geo-Environmental Protection

Industrial operations and anthopogenic interventions carry risks. Our research explores techniques to mitigate the impact of fossil fuel consumption, and analyzes the consequences of subsurface operations to reduce their future impact.

Computational Geoscience

The subsurface is mostly out of reach and out of sight. To rigorously analyse and predict the impact of subsurface operations, we advance research in data assimilation, optimization and control theory, and numerical simulation.

Our Publications

Below, you can access a list of our section's most recent publications.

  1. RA Kil, PQ Nguyen, WR Rossen, Determining trapped gas in foam from CT images, In 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition p.1-13, SPE.
  2. R Farajzadeh, PLJ Zitha, J Bruining, Enhanced mass transfer of CO2 into water: experiment and modelling, In Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research Volume 48 p.6423-6431.
  3. R Farajzadeh, Enhanced transport phenomena in CO2 sequestration and CO2 EOR
  4. J Bruining, AA Mailybaev, D Marchesin, Filtration combustion in wet porous medium, In SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics Volume 70 p.1157-1177.
  5. E Ashoori, TLM van der Heijden, WR Rossen, Fractional-flow theory of CO2 foam displacements with surfactant dissolved in the CO2, In 15th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery p.B06-1-B06-19, EAGE.
  6. E Ashoori, TLM van der Heijden, WR Rossen, Fractional-flow theory of foam displacements with oil, In SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry p.1-17, SPE.
  7. JD Jansen, JFM van Doren, M Heidary-Fyrozjaee, YC Yortsos, Front controllability in two-phase porous media flow, In Model-based control; bridging rigorous theory and advancec technology p.203-219, Springer.
  8. R Farajzadeh, R Krastev, PLJ Zitha, Gas permeability of foam films stabilized by an ¿-olefin sulfonate surfactant, In Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids Volume 25 p.2881-2885.
  9. GH Stolwijk, WR Rossen, Gravity segregation in gas IOR in heterogeneous reservoirs, In 15th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery p.A27-1-A27-32, EAGE.
  10. GM van Essen, PMJ Van den Hof, JD Jansen, Hierarchical economic optimization of oil production from petroleum reservoirs, In International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes (ADCHEM 2009) p.1-6, s.n..