Acquisition of a High-Pressure High-Temperature Load and Flow-Through System for Research and Teaching

0842134 Elsouth该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案资助的（公法111-5）。该补助金支持获得高温（高达200°C），高压（高达70 MPa）能力，多（3）三轴单元，带有取样口的岩石变形仪，可对流入和流出的流体进行化学分析（通过在线气相色谱法），哪些可以安装在宾州州立大学？的X射线计算机断层扫描机架，以允许同时无损成像的样品。 该设备还将被适配为允许在样品材料中原位观察p波速度和电阻率。 该设计将允许长期（1-6个月）高P/T样品运行，以模拟代表浅地壳的原位条件。该设备将用于检查各种岩石样品中的变形、孔隙流体压力、变形能力和化学辅助压实和微破裂的演变，以促进对天然和工程系统中盆地岩石、断层泥、支撑剂、盖层和天然裂缝的演变的理解。 该系统将在宾夕法尼亚州立大学是独一无二的？的能源研究所PSU，并将补充其他国家科学基金会资助的岩石变形实验设施在地球科学系和地球与矿物科学学院的其他地方。 所描述的研究应用包括几个高智力价值和更广泛的社会影响，包括理解流体运输（包括液体CO2和放射性核素轴承流体）和化学的演变在断裂和粒状介质。 拟购买的设备是美国制造的.

0842134ElsworthThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This grant supports acquisition of a high temperature (up to 200°C), high pressure (up to 70 MPa) capable, multi (3) triaxial cell, rock deformation apparatus with sample ports to allow for chemical analysis of ingoing and outgoing fluids (via in line gas chromatography) and which can be mounted in Penn State?s X-ray computed tomography gantry to allow for concurrent nondestructive imaging of the samples. The apparatus will also be adapted to allow for observation of in situ p-wave velocities and resistivity in sample materials. The design will allow for long term (1-6 months) high P/T samples runs so as to simulate in situ conditions representative of the shallow crust. The equipment will be used to examine the evolution of deformation, pore fluid pressures, deformability, and chemically assisted compaction and micro-fracturing in a variety of rock samples in order to advance understanding of the evolution of basin rocks, fault gouges, proppants, caprocks and natural fractures in natural and engineered systems. The system will be unique in Penn State?s Energy Institute PSU and will complement other NSF-funded rock deformation experimental facilities in the Department of Geosciences and elsewhere in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Research applications described include several of high intellectual merit and broader societal impact including understanding the evolution of fluid transport (including liquid CO2 and radionuclide bearing fluids) and chemistry in fractured and granular media. The equipment to purchased be purchased is made in the U.S.A.