Tien Dung LE, winner of the Emerging/Exploratory 2023 call for projects from the Université de Lorraine

The StoCO2 project – CO2 storage in coal seam gas reservoirs: modelling and optimisation – is one of 13 projects (out of 68) selected by the Scientific Council of the Université de Lorraine in 2023. Led by Tien Dung LE, MRI for engineering team, it has been awarded €20k in funding.

StoCO2 focuses on the potential for storing CO2 in coal gas reservoirs. This type of storage involves using the preferential adsorption of CO2 compared with other gases. When CO2 is injected into these reservoirs, it is adsorbed onto the adsorption sites in the coal matrix and sequestered over the long term. Understanding complex phenomena through modelling is very important for improving the injection procedure and optimising various parameters. This project aims to develop multi-scale, multi-physics models from the molecular scale to the reservoir scale, in order to simulate and optimise the CO2 storage process.

The Émergence/Exploratoire 2023 call for projects aims to initiate projects that address an original research question. It aims to support :

  • projects led by teacher-researchers and researchers wishing to become more autonomous, to get off the beaten track, to break out of their scientific isolation and to encourage emulation of original ideas
  • projects to relaunch research activity and/or support a phase of thematic reconversion