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 …

Digital rock physics, chemistry, and biology: challenges and prospects of pore-scale modelling approach

S Sadeghnejad, F Enzmann, M Kersten - Applied Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon rocks have complicated pore structures with
heterogeneities distributed over various length scales (from nanometre to centimetre or even …

Reactive transport in evolving porous media

N Seigneur, KU Mayer… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Reactive transport modeling is a process-based approach that accounts for advection,
diffusion, dispersion and a multitude of biogeochemical reactions. The occurrence of these …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study on the degree and damage-control mechanisms of fuzzy-ball-induced damage in single and multi-layer commingled tight reservoirs

CJ Okere, JJ Sheng, LK Fan, XW Huang, LH Zheng… - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Fuzzy-ball working fluids (FBWFs) have been successfully applied in different development
phases of tight reservoirs. Field reports revealed that FBWFs satisfactorily met all the …

Saltwater intrusion induced micro-scale mineral precipitation and evolution in porous media

T Zheng, Y Fang, X Zhang, S Gao, P Li, X Zheng… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Saltwater intrusion is often occurring in coastal regions, and can substantially alter the
chemical properties of groundwater. Thus, the micro-processes of mineral precipitation and …

A review on reactive transport model and porosity evolution in the porous media

Y Baqer, X Chen - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
This work comprehensively reviews the equations governing multicomponent flow and
reactive transport in porous media on the pore-scale, mesoscale and continuum scale. For …

Minkowski functional evaluation of representative elementary volume of rock microtomography images at multiple resolutions

S Sadeghnejad, M Reinhardt, F Enzmann… - Advances in Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pore-scale properties can be obtained by building a reliable digital twin of porous media
through the digital rock physics (DRP) workflow. The two prerequisites of DRP are reliable …

A reactive transport modeling perspective on the dynamics of interface-coupled dissolution-precipitation

H Deng, J Poonoosamy, S Molins - Applied geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In interface coupled dissolution-precipitation systems, the dynamics of the mineral-fluid
interface depends on two intertwining processes: the dissolution of the primary mineral that …

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 …

Overview of geological carbon storage (GCS)

P Newell, AG Ilgen - Science of carbon storage in deep saline formations, 2019 - Elsevier
Geological carbon storage (GCS) is a promising technology for mitigating increasing
concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2) in the atmosphere. The injection of supercritical CO …