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Experimental physics of fluids and porous media

This laboratory is responsible for the development of equipment and methodologies as well as for the conduct of experiments on various scales, in order to understand and model the physical mechanisms of fluid, fluid/solid and fluid/rock systems.

It regularly upgrades its experimental resources in terms of efficiency and digitalization for the needs of projects and the Carnot IFPEN RE, as well as its numerous partners.

Expertise

“Transfers in Porous Media” field

Petrophysics
Complex fluid flows in porous media
Environmental monitoring

“Complex HPHT experimentation” field

Thermodynamics
Characterization of materials and geomaterials

“Small-scale properties” field

Small-scale experimentation (Petrophysics, Online Analysis)
Modeling (PNM, LB)
Digitalization (Database, Machine Learning)

Differentiating equipment

“Transfers in Porous media” field

Coreflood test benches (>15)
FlairSuite range of solutions for industrial and environmental gas monitoring in the atmosphere, on the ground, in the soil and underground: Flair Car, Flair Box, Flair Soil, Flair Lab, Flair Map

“Complex HPHT experimentation” field

Phase equilibria (HPHT Sapphire Cells) and fluid properties
Mechanical properties of materials and geomaterials (petroacoustic cells and presses)
Permeability of materials (membranes and tubes)

“Small-scale properties” field