Coupled Geomechanical Processes and Energy Technologies - Research Experience at Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech (ENPC, France)

耦合地质力学过程和能源技术 - 巴黎理工学院（ENPC，法国）的研究经验

• 批准号: 1357908
• 负责人: Chloe Arson
• 金额: $ 20.03万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1357908&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Coupled; Geomechanical; Processes; Energy; Technologies

Technical description. The proposed International Research Experience for Students (IRES): Coupled Geomechanical Processes and Energy Technologies - Research Experience at Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech - ENPC, France (?CGPET - ENPC?) aims to expose Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) undergraduate and graduate students to geomechanical research applied to energy technologies, immerse them in the academic culture of a leading European institution (ENPC), and inspire them in the pursuit of a scientific career to improve the sustainability and security of energy sources and production. Undergraduate and graduate students from Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (GT-CEE) will complete a two-month internship at ENPC Navier Laboratory, to work on research planned and supervised by dual ENPC and GT-CEE faculty mentors. Navier Laboratory gathers world?s experts in theoretical poro-mechanics and thermodynamics, and has unique experimental, imaging and computational facilities especially adapted for geomechanics. Topics of study envisioned in this IRES involve fundamental research in the physics of thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical coupled processes in geomaterials, multi-scale modeling of porous networks, three-dimensional image analysis and advanced numerical simulation techniques. The ?CGPET- ENPC? program will start with five teams of dual mentors, who will work on the following subjects: (1) Clay nano-poromechanics for carbon dioxide sequestration, (2) Characterization of particulate pore structures for geological storage, (3) Micro-mechanical modeling of fatigue in salt rock for Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES), (4) Reactive fluid injection and withdrawal in rock, for oil and gas recovery and geothermal energy systems, and (5) Freeze/thaw cycles and sulfate attacks for improved cement-based buffers. Every year, a GT-CEE mentor will spend the last week of IRES participants? internship at ENPC, to work with his/her ENPC collaborator and supervise GT-CEE students? final research presentations; similarly the ENPC mentor will spend the week following the internship period at Georgia Tech. Broader description. Fundamental understanding of soil, rock and cement-based materials is needed to address society?s most pressing needs in energy production (e.g., hydraulic fracturing, geothermal systems), energy storage (e.g., CAES) and waste management (e.g., nuclear waste disposals, carbon capture). Through their engagement in a project aimed to improve energy geotechnologies, IRES participants will discover the responsibility of researchers towards their sponsors, their scientific community and society at large. Students selected for this CGPET ? ENPC program will have an international experience as part of a cohort through cultural and professional activities, and will contribute to build and maintain a global network of scholars through public research presentations at ENPC and GT, wikipage postings, academic publications, and mentoring of new IRES participants. Currently, most students enrolled in Civil and Environmental Engineering discover soil mechanics during their senior year, through the course of Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering. Activities planned before, during and after the ENPC internships will expose a broad population of GT students to geomechanical research, which will provide opportunities to inspire and attract more students in the pursuit of a scientific career. The integration of activities for faculty and undergraduate and graduate students from ENPC and GT-CEE is expected to sustain long-term collaborations between groups focusing on experimental, theoretical and numerical research in energy geomechanics. This IRES will also serve a broader effort to share knowledge, expertise and resources between Europe and the United States, and to explore new ways to initiate scientific collaborations between high-ranked education and research institutions around the world.

技术说明。拟议的国际研究经验的学生（IRES）：耦合地质力学过程和能源技术-研究经验，在巴黎理工学院桥，法国（？CGPET - ENPC？）旨在使格鲁吉亚理工学院（GT）的本科生和研究生接触到应用于能源技术的地质力学研究，使他们沉浸在欧洲领先机构（ENPC）的学术文化中，并激励他们追求科学事业，以提高能源和生产的可持续性和安全性。来自格鲁吉亚理工学院土木与环境工程学院（GT-CEE）的本科生和研究生将在ENPC Navier实验室完成为期两个月的实习，从事由双ENPC和GT-CEE教师导师计划和监督的研究工作。纳维尔实验室聚集世界？该公司是理论孔隙力学和热力学方面的专家，拥有独特的实验、成像和计算设施，特别适用于地质力学。该IRES设想的研究课题涉及地质材料中热-水-化学-力学耦合过程物理学的基础研究，多孔网络的多尺度建模，三维图像分析和高级数值模拟技术。什么？CGPET- ENPC？该计划将从五个双导师团队开始，他们将研究以下主题：（1）用于二氧化碳封存的粘土纳米孔隙力学，（2）用于地质储存的颗粒孔隙结构的表征，（3）用于压缩空气能量储存（CAES）的盐岩中疲劳的微观力学建模，（4）岩石中的反应流体注入和抽出，用于油气回收和地热能系统，以及（5）用于改进水泥基缓冲层的冻融循环和硫酸盐侵蚀。每年，一个GT-CEE导师将度过最后一周的IRES参与者？在ENPC实习，与他/她的ENPC合作者一起工作，并监督GT-CEE学生？最后的研究报告;同样，ENPC导师将在格鲁吉亚理工学院实习期后的一周内学习。更宽泛的描述。需要对土壤、岩石和水泥基材料有基本的了解才能解决社会问题？能源生产中最紧迫的需求（例如，水力压裂，地热系统），能量存储（例如，CAES）和废物管理（例如，核废料处理、碳捕获）。通过参与一个旨在改善能源地球技术的项目，IRES参与者将发现研究人员对他们的赞助商，他们的科学界和整个社会的责任。学生被选中参加这个CGPET？ENPC计划将通过文化和专业活动作为一个群体的一部分，并将有助于建立和维护一个全球性的学者网络，通过在ENPC和GT的公共研究报告，维基百科的帖子，学术出版物和新的IRES参与者的指导。目前，大多数土木与环境工程专业的学生在大四的时候通过岩土工程导论课程发现了土壤力学。在ENPC实习之前，期间和之后计划的活动将使广大GT学生接触地质力学研究，这将为激励和吸引更多学生追求科学事业提供机会。预计ENPC和GT-CEE的教师，本科生和研究生的活动整合将维持专注于能源地质力学实验，理论和数值研究的团体之间的长期合作。该IRES还将为欧洲和美国之间分享知识，专业知识和资源做出更广泛的努力，并探索新的方式来启动世界各地高级教育和研究机构之间的科学合作。