Changes in porosity, permeability and surface area during rock dissolution: Effects of mineralogical heterogeneity

T Min, Y Gao, L Chen, Q Kang, WQ Tao - International Journal of Heat and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of heterogeneity of mineral distribution and reaction rate on the rock
dissolution process are investigated using a pore-scale reactive transport model based on …

Three-Dimensional Pore-Scale Modeling of Fracture Evolution in Heterogeneous Carbonate Caprock Subjected to CO2-Enriched Brine

H Fazeli, RA Patel, BR Ellis… - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Fractures in caprocks overlying CO2 storage reservoirs can adversely affect the sealing
capacity of the rocks. Interactions between acidified fluid and minerals with different …

A review of lattice-Boltzmann models coupled with geochemical modeling applied for simulation of advanced waterflooding and enhanced oil recovery processes

S Liu, C Zhang, RB Ghahfarokhi - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
To maintain economic profit and improve the oil production efficiency after the primary and
secondary production phase, advanced waterflooding techniques such as low salinity …

Pore-scale study to analyze the impacts of porous media heterogeneity on mineral dissolution and acid transport using Darcy–Brinkmann–Stokes Method

J You, KJ Lee - Transport in Porous Media, 2021 - Springer
Inherent pore structure of rocks has a significant impact on the acid–rock interaction during
the acidizing process. In this study, a new pore-scale reactive transport model applying …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of pore-shape and its impact on pore conductivity during CO2 injection in calcite: Single pore simulations and microfluidic experiments

P Agrawal, A Raoof, O Iliev, M Wolthers - Advances in Water Resources, 2020 - Elsevier
Injection of CO 2 into carbonate rocks causes dissolution and alters rock transport
properties. The extent of the permeability increases, due to the increased pore volume and …

CO2-rich brine percolation experiments through Heletz reservoir rock samples (Israel): Role of the flow rate and brine composition

L Luquot, P Gouze, A Niemi, J Bensabat… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Heletz sandstone (Israel) reactivity is studied by means of CO 2-rich brine percolation
experiments and modeling. Experiments are performed at in situ temperature and pressure …

Changes in pore structures and porosity-permeability evolution of saline-lacustrine carbonate reservoir triggered by fresh water-rock reaction

Q Tan, L You, Y Kang, X Zhang, S Meng - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Salt dissolution occurs frequently during the drilling, water-flooding development and other
operations of saline-lacustrine carbonate reservoirs, greatly changing the petrophysical …

Pore-scale study of heterogeneous chemical reaction for ablation of carbon fibers using the lattice Boltzmann method

M Wang, W Zhu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we establish a thermochemical ablation model of C/C composite based on the
lattice Boltzmann method, in which the flow, diffusion, chemical reaction, heat transfer, and …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of nanopore structure on coal strength: A study based on synchrotron radiation nano-CT

Y Zhao, Y Sun, L Yuan, Q Xu - Results in physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Coal is a porous medium with complex pore structures. Nanopore structure in coal particle is
the basic underlying factor driving coal particle strength. A better knowledge of nanopore …

Evolution of planar fractures in limestone: The role of flow rate, mineral heterogeneity and local transport processes

C Noiriel, H Deng - Chemical Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The processes that affect the evolution of fracture geometry and reactive transport in
limestone fractures were evaluated using an integrated experimental and modeling …