Pirouz Shahkarami

Project description

Simulation of fluid flow and solute transport in fractured rock

The group of chemical engineering at KTH has studied flow and solute transport in fractured rocks experimentally and theoretically over many years. This is of increasing interest because contaminants that have entered the groundwater in fractures in bedrock are notoriously difficult to wash out or extract. Another problem much studied internationally is the possible release of radionuclides from a repository for high level nuclear waste generated in nuclear power plants. This has led to much research on mechanical, hydrological, thermal and chemical behaviour of fractured rocks. We continue to develop models that can be used to simulate especially the flow and solute transport in fractured rocks. The models will be used to interpret and describe experiments in the laboratory and field where we have access to many unique large scale experiments. In the present project large scale solute transport is to be modelled and validated by field data and observations.

Research Areas

1. Transport Phenomena in Porous Media.
2. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
3. Modelling of Chemical and Environmental Processes.
4. Process Design and Engineering.
5. Numerical Methods.