Henrik Kalisch - Stability of a CO2-Seawater Interface

Speaker: Henrik Kalisch, University of Bergen

Title: Stability of a CO2-Seawater Interface

Abstract: Wave experiments in a trough filled with liquid CO2 are analyzed. Measurements of regular plane waves excited by a wave maker are used to determine the approximate surface tension of the interface, and the density of the liquid CO2. Thruster experiments are used to investigate the stability of this two-fluid system with respect to currents near the bottom of the ocean. Conditions on the stability of these waves are given, and an approximate damping rate is found.