Newcastle University

Introduction

Ben Wetenhall joined Newcastle University as a Research Associate in April 2010. His current research is into obtaining a pipeline specification for transport of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CCS). Specifically, looking at various transport scenarios and the decompression behaviour of the fluid stream.  

Ben Wetenhall is new to the area of CCS and pipeline engineering; he has a background in mathematical physics, with a PhD in string theory from the University of Liverpool and a BSc in Mathematical Physics from the University of Sheffield.

Background

Theoretical physics/Mathematics.

Qualifications

PhD Theoretical Physics, University of Liverpool and BSc Mathematical Physics, University of Sheffield.

Research Interests

Carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide transportation.

Current Work

MATTRAN project, Materials for Next Generation CO2 Transport Systems.

COOLTRANS, Dense Phase CO2 Pipeline Transportation. 

Projects

• THE MATTRAN PROJECT
  Project Leader(s): Professor Martin Downie

• Tatar R, Wetenhall B. SQCD vacua and geometrical engineering. In: 16th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY08). 2009, Seoul, Korea: American Institute of Physics.
• Tatar R, Wetenhall B. Metastable vacua and complex deformations. Physical Review D 2007, 76, 126011.
• Tatar R, Wetenhall B. SQCD vacua and geometrical engineering. Physical Review D 2008, 77, 046007.
• Tatar R, Wetenhall B. Metastable Vacua, Geometrical Engineering and MQCD Transitions. Journal of High Energy Physics 2007, 02, 020.