Reactive flows in porous media: challenges in theoretical and numerical methods

AJC Ladd, P Szymczak - Annual review of chemical and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
We review theoretical and computational research, primarily from the past 10 years,
addressing the flow of reactive fluids in porous media. The focus is on systems where …

Modeling reactive transport processes in fractures

H Deng, N Spycher - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fractures are ubiquitous and important features in the Earth subsurface (Berkowitz 2002;
Pyrak-Nolte et al. 2015). They are created as a result of rock failure when the critical stress …

Modification of two-scale continuum model and numerical studies for carbonate matrix acidizing

C Jia, Z Huang, K Sepehrnoori, J Yao - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Matrix acidizing is one of the most effective stimulation techniques to achieve industrial
development of carbonate reservoirs. In this work, a two-scale continuum model is modified …

Modeling and analysis of carbonate matrix acidizing using a new two-scale continuum model

C Jia, K Sepehrnoori, Z Huang, J Yao - SPE Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
Matrix acidizing is a common technique for carbonate reservoir stimulation. In this work, a
new two-scale continuum model is developed to study the 2D acidizing process. The Navier …

Pore-scale modeling of thermal-hydro-mechanical-chemical coupled rock dissolution and fracturing process

K Jiao, D Han, B Wang, Y Chen, B Bai, L Gong… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acid fracturing can effectively improve the connectivity inside underground reservoirs, which
is of significance for geothermal exploitation and geological carbon sequestration. It involves …

Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical modeling on acid fracturing in carbonatite geothermal reservoirs containing a heterogeneous fracture

H Xu, J Cheng, Z Zhao, T Lin, G Liu, S Chen - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Acid fracturing and hydraulic fracturing are two useful methods to improve productivity of
geothermal wells. Compared with hydraulic fracturing, it remains challenging to select and …

Numerical studies and analysis on reactive flow in carbonate matrix acidizing

C Jia, K Sepehrnoori, Z Huang, H Zhang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Matrix acidizing is a stimulation technique to improve oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs. In
this work, a new two-scale continuum model is used to study acidizing process in radial flow …

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 …

Experimental investigation on wormhole propagation during foamed-VES acidizing

L Zhang, J He, H Wang, Z Li, F Zhou, J Mou - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The key to the success of matrix acidizing in carbonate reservoirs depends on the diversion
efficiency of treating fluid over the total production interval, especially for treatments on …

Modeling and analysis of the acidizing process in carbonate rocks using a two-phase thermal-hydrologic-chemical coupled model

P Liu, X Yan, J Yao, S Sun - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a two-phase thermal-hydrologic-chemical coupled model for simulating the
dissolution process during the acidization of carbonate rocks. In particular, we develop a …