Pore‐Scale Modeling of Coupled CO2 Flow and Dissolution in 3D Porous Media for Geological Carbon Storage

Y Yang, J Wang, J Wang, Y Li, H Sun… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dissolution trapping is one of the crucial trapping mechanisms for geological carbon storage
in deep saline aquifers. The injected supercritical CO2 (scCO2) flow and dissolution …

A perspective on fluid dynamics and geochemistry coupling in geologic CO2 storage: Key reactions, reactive transport modeling, and upscaling methods

Y Yin, L Zhang, H Deng, Y Wang, H Wang - Gas Science and Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the complicated fluid dynamics and geochemistry coupling behaviors is the
key to enhance CO 2 storage efficiency and minimize the risks of leakage and mechanical …

A perspective on applied geochemistry in porous media: Reactive transport modeling of geochemical dynamics and the interplay with flow phenomena and physical …

H Deng, M Gharasoo, L Zhang, Z Dai, A Hajizadeh… - Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
In many practical geochemical systems that are at the center of providing indispensable
energy, resources and service to our society,(bio) geochemical reactions are coupled with …

Channeling is a distinct class of dissolution in complex porous media

HP Menke, J Maes, S Geiger - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The traditional model of solid dissolution in porous media consists of three dissolution
regimes (uniform, compact, wormhole)—or patterns—that are established depending on the …

A parameter-free and monolithic approach for multiscale simulations of flow, transport, and chemical reactions in porous media

Z Ou, Q Xue, Y Wan, H Wei, C Chi… - Journal of Computational …, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional approaches for transport in porous media rely on empirical hydrodynamic/
transport parameters to quantify the interfacial exchange terms between fluid and solid …

[HTML][HTML] Dispersivity calculation in digital twins of multiscale porous materials using the micro-continuum approach

J Maes, HP Menke - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The micro-continuum method is a novel approach to simulate flow and transport in
multiscale porous materials. For such materials, the domain can be divided into three sub …

CFD modeling of multiphase flows with detailed microkinetic description of the surface reactivity

M Bracconi - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
The analysis of catalytic processes and the development of innovative technologies require
a deep comprehension of the complex interplay between the intrinsic functionality of the …

Improved volume-of-solid formulations for micro-continuum simulation of mineral dissolution at the pore-scale

J Maes, C Soulaine, HP Menke - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
We present two novel Volume-of-Solid (VoS) formulations for micro-continuum simulation of
mineral dissolution at the pore-scale. The traditional VoS formulation (VoS-ψ) uses a diffuse …

Representation of fully three‐dimensional interfacial curvature in pore‐network models

LM Giudici, A Qaseminejad Raeini… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quasi two‐dimensional approximations of interfacial curvature, present in current network
models of multiphase flow in porous media, are extended to three dimensions. The new …

[HTML][HTML] Towards improved understanding of spontaneous imbibition into dry porous media using pore-scale direct numerical simulations

L Malenica, Z Zhang, U Angst - Advances in Water Resources, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional approaches to mathematically describe spontaneous imbibition are usually
based on either macro-scale models, such as Richards equation, or simplified pore-scale …