Flow in Porous Rocks - Energy and Environmental Applications

Informationen zum Autor Andrew W. Woods is the BP Professor and Head of the BP Institute in the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge. His research interests include theoretical and experimental modelling of flows in porous rocks, phase changes, turbulent plumes, volcanic systems and other natural flows in the environment and near surface of the Earth. Professor Woods has received several awards including the 1997 Italgas Prize for work on geothermal systems, the 1997 Marcello Carapezza Prize for work on volcanic systems, and the 2002 Wager Medal of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior. Klappentext This book provides simplified models explaining flows in heterogeneous rocks, their physics and energy production processes, for researchers, energy industry professionals and graduate students. Zusammenfassung Using a series of quantitative models combined with analogue experiments! this book explains the recovery of oil and gas from hydrocarbon reservoirs (including fracking)! geo-sequestration of CO2! and geothermal power production. Analytical flow solutions and end-of-chapter exercises complete this key resource for researchers! energy industry professionals and graduate students. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Porous rocks; 3. Flow in porous rocks; 4. Accounting for uncertainty; 5. Dispersion in porous media; 6. Frontal instability; 7. Two phase flow; 8. Fluid rock interactions; 9. Gravity driven flow in porous media; 10. Buoyancy effects on dispersion; 11. Geothermal power and heat storage; 12. Compressibility and gas flows; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Woods, Andrew W. Woods, Woods Andrew W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2014
• EAN: 9781107065857
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06585-7
• No. of pages: 289
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum, The environment, environmental science, engineering & technology, Energy technology & engineering, Earth Sciences, Fluid mechanics, Energy industries & utilities, Petroleum & oil industries, Geology & The Lithosphere, Petroleum technology, Mining technology and engineering, Soil and rock mechanics