Pini, Ronny - Imperial College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

个人简介

I am at heart a chemical engineer who likes studying processes that take place in the Earth's subsurface. My research combines laboratory experiments and models to provide answers to fundamental questions on the physics of fluid flow and phase-equilibria in rocks and other porous media. Examples include the study of supercritical gas adsorption in pore spaces or the characterization of single- and multi-phase flows in rocks. I apply multidimensional imaging techniques, such as x-ray CT or PET, to relate physical observations to the complex structure of porous materials. Answers to these research questions are applicable to a variety of applications and include the sequestration of CO2 into deep geological formations with or without hydrocarbon recovery, shale gas extraction, enhanced oil recovery, geothermal energy and groundwater hydrology. Information on my publication records can be found through my ResearcherID and GoogleScholar profiles. BIOGRAPHY Since January 2015 | Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK 2013 - 2014 | Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (CO), USA 2010 - 2013 | Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (CA), USA 2009 - 2010 | Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 2004 - 2009 | PhD (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich), Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 1999 - 2004 | M.Sc. ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

研究领域

We are constantly looking for PhD students or postdoctoral scholars with research interests in the field of: single- and multi-phase flow in porous media, high-pressure (supercritical) adsorption in nano-/micro-porous solids, and multi-scale imaging of phase-equilibria and/or flows in porous media. Background: Master in Chemical Engineering or Petroleum Engineering.

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Hingerl FF, Yang F, Pini R, Xiao X, Toney MF, Liu Y, Benson SMet al., 2016, Characterization of heterogeneity in the Heletz sandstone from core to pore scale and quantification of its impact on multi-phase flow, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, Vol: 48, Pages: 69-83, ISSN: 1750-5836 Pini R, Madonna C, 2016, Moving across scales: a quantitative assessment of X-ray CT to measure the porosity of rocks, JOURNAL OF POROUS MATERIALS, Vol: 23, Pages: 325-338, ISSN: 1380-2224 Pini R, Vandehey NT, Druhan J, O'Neil JP, Benson SMet al., 2016, Quantifying solute spreading and mixing in reservoir rocks using 3-D PET imaging, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, Vol: 796, ISSN: 0022-1120 Trevisan L, Pini R, Cihan A, Birkholzer JT, Zhou Q, Illangasekare THet al., 2015, Experimental analysis of spatial correlation effects on capillary trapping of supercritical CO2 at the intermediate laboratory scale in heterogeneous porous media, Water Resources Research, Vol: 51, Pages: 8791-8805, ISSN: 0043-1397 Pini R, 2014, Interpretation of net and excess adsorption isotherms in microporous adsorbents, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol: 187, Pages: 40-52, ISSN: 1387-1811 Pini R, 2014, Multidimensional Quantitative Imaging of Gas Adsorption in Nanoporous Solids, Langmuir, Vol: 30, Pages: 10984-10989, ISSN: 1520-5827 Pini R, 2014, Assessing the adsorption properties of mudrocks for CO2 sequestration, Energy Procedia, Vol: 63, Pages: 5556-5561, ISSN: 1876-6102 Ruprecht C, Pini R, Falta R, Benson SM, Murdoch Let al., 2014, Hysteretic trapping and relative permeability of CO2 in sandstone at reservoir conditions, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol: 27, Pages: 15-27, ISSN: 1750-5836 Trevisan L, Pini R, Cihan A, Birkholzer JT, Zhou Q, Illangasekare THet al., 2014, Experimental investigation of supercritical CO2 trapping mechanisms at the intermediate laboratory scale in well-defined heterogeneous porous media, Energy Procedia, Vol: 63, Pages: 5646-5653, ISSN: 1876-6102 Benson SM, Pini R, Reynolds C, Krevor SCet al., 2013, Relative permeability analysis to describe multi-phase flow in CO2 storage reservoirs Marx D, Joss L, Hefti M, Pini R, Mazzotti Met al., 2013, The Role of Water in Adsorption-based CO2 Capture Systems, GHGT-11, Vol: 37, Pages: 107-114, ISSN: 1876-6102 Pini R, Benson SM, 2013, Simultaneous determination of capillary pressure and relative permeability curves from core-flooding experiments with various fluid pairs, Water Resources Research, Vol: 49, Pages: 3516-3530, ISSN: 0043-1397 Pini R, Benson SM, 2013, Characterization and scaling of mesoscale heterogeneities in sandstones, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol: 40, Pages: 3903-3908, ISSN: 0094-8276 Pini R, Krevor S, Krause M, Benson Set al., 2013, Capillary heterogeneity in sandstone rocks during CO2/water core-flooding experiments, International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies (GHGT), Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 5473-5479, ISSN: 1876-6102 Casas N, Schell J, Pini R, Mazzotti Met al., 2012, Fixed bed adsorption of CO 2/H 2 mixtures on activated carbon: Experiments and modeling, Adsorption, Vol: 18, Pages: 143-161, ISSN: 0929-5607 Krevor SCM, Pini R, Zuo L, Benson SMet al., 2012, Relative permeability and trapping of CO2 and water in sandstone rocks at reservoir conditions, WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, Vol: 48, ISSN: 0043-1397 Pini R, Krevor SCM, Benson SM, 2012, Capillary pressure and heterogeneity for the CO2/water system in sandstone rocks at reservoir conditions, ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES, Vol: 38, Pages: 48-59, ISSN: 0309-1708 Schell J, Casas N, Pini R, Mazzotti Met al., 2012, Pure and binary adsorption of CO 2, H 2, and N 2 on activated carbon, Adsorption, Vol: 18, Pages: 49-65, ISSN: 0929-5607 Casas N, Schell J, Joss L, Pini R, Blom R, Mazzotti Met al., 2011, Characterization of novel adsorbent materials for a CO 2 capture pressure swing adsorption process Krevor SCM, Pini R, Li B, Benson SMet al., 2011, Capillary heterogeneity trapping of CO2 in a sandstone rock at reservoir conditions, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol: 38, ISSN: 0094-8276