Simulation of mineral dissolution at the pore scale with evolving fluid-solid interfaces: Review of approaches and benchmark problem set

S Molins, C Soulaine, NI Prasianakis, A Abbasi… - Computational …, 2021 - Springer
This manuscript presents a benchmark problem for the simulation of single-phase flow,
reactive transport, and solid geometry evolution at the pore scale. The problem is organized …

Lattice Boltzmann method to study the water-oxygen distributions in porous transport layer (PTL) of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser

S Paliwal, D Panda, S Bhaskaran… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anodic porous transport layer (PTL) plays a pivotal role in the performance of the polymer
electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolyser. In this study, Shen-Chen Lattice Boltzmann …

Probabilistic nucleation and crystal growth in porous medium: New insights from calcium carbonate precipitation on primary and secondary substrates

M Nooraiepour, M Masoudi, N Shokri, H Hellevang - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Knowledge of crystal nucleation and growth is paramount in understanding the geometry
evolution of porous medium during reactive transport processes in geo-environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Pore scale modeling and evaluation of clogging behavior of salt crystal aggregates in CO2-rich phase during carbon storage

M Masoudi, H Fazeli, R Miri, H Hellevang - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The optimal CO 2 storage operation requires high permeability in the near-well region in
order to keep it safe and cost-efficient. Nucleation and growth of salt crystals driven by the …

[HTML][HTML] Pore-scale simulation of miscible viscous fingering with dissolution reaction in porous media

T Lei, KH Luo - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Global climate change is happening but may be mitigated by the technology of geological
carbon dioxide (⁠ CO 2⁠) sequestration. To gain comprehensive insights into this approach …

Numerical investigation of carbonate acidizing with gelled acid using a coupled thermal–hydrologic–chemical model

P Liu, J Li, S Sun, J Yao, K Zhang - International Journal of Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, an experiment-based rheological model that accounts for the influence of
polymer concentration, shear-thinning behavior, and temperature variation on the in-situ …

CO2‐Fluid‐Rock Interactions and the Coupled Geomechanical Response during CCUS Processes in Unconventional Reservoirs

M Cai, Y Su, L Li, Y Hao, X Gao - Geofluids, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The difficulty of deploying remaining oil from unconventional reservoirs and the increasing
CO2 emissions has prompted researchers to delve into carbon emissions through Carbon …

Pore-scale investigation on reactive flow in porous media considering dissolution and precipitation by LBM

M Jiang, ZG Xu, ZP Zhou - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The reactive transport process in oil gas reservoirs is complicated due to the coupling
between dissolution and precipitation. In the present study, based on lattice Boltzmann …

A pore‐scale investigation of mineral precipitation driven diffusivity change at the column‐scale

H Deng, C Tournassat, S Molins… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mineral precipitation affects the pore structure and thus transport properties of porous media.
In this study, we investigated the pore‐scale dynamics of precipitation in diffusion controlled …

Micro-continuum approach for mineral precipitation

F Yang, AG Stack, V Starchenko - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Rates and extents of mineral precipitation in porous media are difficult to predict, in part
because laboratory experiments are problematic. It is similarly challenging to implement …