Research > Interactions Between Fluids, Materials and Minerals
Division for Industrial and Natural Sciences
Research areas
The general objective is the modeling of the transformations induced by fluid circulation in rocks and porous materials . These transformations have an effect on soils or monuments (deterioration), on oil reservoirs and their long-term use and on minerals and waste and their use and recycling.
Current research addresses :
theoretical and experimental study of the natural deterioration of materials exposed to weathering (preservation of concrete buildings and of cultural heritage ) and of soil pollution by metals. development of a computer code (DIAPHORE) adapted to the problem of reactive transport in porous media and its application to the transformations induced by fluid circulation in natural oil reservoirs, in the long term (quality of the reservoirs) and short term (acid gas storage). recycling of inorganic industrial wastes, particularly phosphogypsum and wastes from the fertilizer industry.Faculty & staff