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6th International Training Workshop Latest Developments in Structure Characterisation and Transport in Porous Solids
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A workshop on the latest
developments in the multi-property characterisation | ||
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of meso- and
macro-porous solids and pore fluids, | ||
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with particular emphasis
on mercury porosimetry and soil water retention, | ||
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and the
Pore-Cor Research Suite void structure, fluid dynamics and 3-D
visualisation software. | ||
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Programme | ||
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informal - subject to changes fully to reflect the interests of those attending | ||
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| Other details and deadlines: | see advert and further details | |
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Wednesday 8th December 2010 - basic training | ||
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Fitting experimental data | ||
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0930 |
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Welcome. Attendee introductions. |
| 0940 | P1 (PM) |
Introduction to Pore-Cor Research Suite. Mercury intrusion. ‘Inverting’ percolation data to give information about pore-structure. |
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1020 |
Coffee | |
1110 |
P3 (PM) |
Datafile manicure (automatic adjustment for excessive number of data points, long minimum and maximum tails, surface effects, etc) |
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1130 |
P2 (CG) |
Pore-Comp – automatic pre-processing of mercury intrusion curves (blank correction, sample compressibility correction, adjustments for sample packing and surface pores) (See Gane et al. 1996) |
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1150 |
H1 (CG) |
Software hands-on session 1. Use of Pore-Comp to find the solid-phase bulk modulus and corrected intrusion curves of two composite samples. |
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1210 |
H2 (ML) |
Hands-on session 2. A tour of the Electronic Brochure files (which give ten different examples covering a wide range of porous materials) |
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1230 |
R1 (ML) |
Modelling soil water retention. |
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1300 |
Lunch | |
| 1415 | X1 (ML) | Introduction to Porexpert - rationale, design , capabilities |
| 1445 | XH1 (ML) | Trying Porexpert |
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1530 |
H3 (PM) |
Hands-on session 3. Running the Simplex to model a mercury intrusion curve or water retention curve. (See Holtham et al 2007) |
1600 |
Tea |
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1620 |
P4 (PM) |
Choosing structure type. Other methods of improving the fitting of your own data. |
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1640 |
H4 (CG) |
Hands-on session 4. Finding the void
characteristics of a laser-etched bio-membrane. Comparison with electron
micrographs of the actual structure. |
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1730 |
H5 (PM) |
Hands-on session 5. Fitting any type of percolation data. |
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1800 |
Close | |
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Thursday 9th December 2010 - advanced training | ||
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Calculation of properties and their interactions | ||
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0900 |
P5 (PM) | Pore and throat size distributions, simulated microtoming and comparison with NMR . |
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0930 |
H6 (ML) |
Hands-on session 6. Fitting the model to a set of five sandstone samples. Matching the microtoming algorithm with thin section data. Comparison with pores sizes derived from NMR spin-lattice (T2) relaxation times. (See Matthews, Canonville and Moss (2006) ) |
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1030 |
Coffee | |
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1100 |
P6 (PM) |
Calculation of absolute permeability and hydraulic conductivity using a trickle-flow approximation and the DINIC algorithm. Appraisal of how well the software predicts absolute values and trends for your own and published samples. |
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Calculation of secondary effects –
Kelvin condensation, colloidal deposition, Improved Oil Recovery (IOR),
polymer pore plugging, formation damage. | ||
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1145 |
H7 (CG) |
Hands-on session 7. Discovering how these secondary effects change the absolute permeability, or saturated hydraulic conductivity, of your own samples. |
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1230 |
R2 (PM) |
Disentangling the Dinic algorithm to allow modelling of preferential flow and depth filtration effects (see Matthews, Price, Matthews et al (2009)). Filtration. Tracking of preferential flow. |
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1300 |
Lunch | |
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1400 |
H8 (CG) |
Simulating depth filtration. Single and multi-pass testing. Choice of particle size distribution for filter test. Clogging, particle capture efficiency, pressure drop. |
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1445 |
P7 (PM) |
The behaviour of wetting fluids in porous structures. |
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1530 |
P8 (PM) |
Other types of sample and applications – clay-induced and formation damaged sandstones, pharmaceutical tablets, mortar and sinters. |
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1550 |
Tea | |
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1620 |
R3 (ML) |
Modelling paper coatings. Modelling representative particles ('skeletal elements') as well as pores. (see Laudone, Matthews, Gane, et al. (2007). Diffusion (see Laudone, Matthews and Gane (2008)) |
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1700 |
H9 (PM) |
Hands-on session 9. Calculation of fast and preferential wetting, representative particles and diffusion in your own structures. |
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1800 |
Close | |
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1930 |
Course dinner- Piermasters Restaurant, 33 Southside Street (tel: 01752 229345) | |
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Friday 10th December 2010 - research level training | ||
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Sensitivity analysis. Future research developments. | ||
| 0900 | P9 (PM) | Artefacts - how to tell what output is meaningful and what is junk. |
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0930 |
H10 (ML) |
Sensitivity analysis - finding out which parameters are important. The statistics of stochastic models - the 'characteristic structure' approach and Student's t test. |
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1000 |
P10 (PM) | Other developments - dual porous systems (see Laudone, Matthews and Bird, 2010) ), porometry |
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1030 |
Coffee. Issuing of course diplomas. | |
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1100 |
H11 (PM) | Open forum and feedback . |
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1120 |
H12 (PM) | Advice sessions on your own datafiles |
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1230 |
Lunch and close . | |
| Key | P | Presentation |
| R | Research-based presentation | |
| H | Hands-on workshop session in which attendees use the software on their own computers, assisted by members of the Environmental and Fluid Modelling Group(EFMG) , University of Plymouth | |
| X | Porexpert presentation | |
| XH | Porexpert hands-on workshop | |
| (PM) | Presented by Prof G.Peter Matthews, Professor in Applied Physical Chemistry, University of Plymouth | |
| (CG) | Presented by Dr Chris Gribble, EFMG , University of Plymouth | |
| (ML) | Presented by Dr Maurizio Laudone, EFMG , University of Plymouth | |
| Expression of interest: | If you are interested, please go to the registration page. | |