CRC 1333 "Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Confined Geometries" was officially opened today with a colloquium. On the occasion of this colloquium, Rainer Helmig, spokesman of SFB 1313, gave a lecture with the title "Interfaces in porous media systems, from the molecular to the REV scale".
Interfaces are everywhere – beginning at the molecular scale and ending at the field scale, interfaces have a great impact on flow and transport in porous-media systems. The relevant overall functioning of these porous-media systems is dictated by the character, geometry and dynamics of various types of fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interfaces. To gain a full understanding of the complex interface processes it is necessary to describe the processes at different scales in time and in space. This topic can be discussed on the example of the coupling between free flow and porous-media flow. Coupled free-flow porous-medium flow processes are highly relevant for multiple applications in environmental, technical and biological systems. Climate models, fuel cells and cooling systems are only a few of the examples where such systems occur and have a main impact on the functioning of the system. Rainer Helmig showed that it is necessary to combine experiments and numerical analysis on different scales to fully understand and capture the complexity of the system.
Agenda
1:30 pm: Opening Remarks
Prof. Dr. Michael R. Buchmeiser, Spokesperson of CRC 1333
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Ressel, Rector of the University of Stuttgart
1:50 pm: Presentation of CRC 1333
2:15 pm: Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Rostock
3:00 pm: Prof. Dr. Rainer Helmig, SFB 1313, University of Stuttgart
3:45 pm: Prof. Dr. Christophe Copéret, ETH Zurich
4:30 pm: Get Togehter