Reactive transport: a review of basic concepts with emphasis on biochemical processes

J Carrera, MW Saaltink, J Soler-Sagarra, J Wang… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reactive transport (RT) couples bio-geo-chemical reactions and transport. RT is important to
understand numerous scientific questions and solve some engineering problems. RT is …

A review of spatial Markov models for predicting pre-asymptotic and anomalous transport in porous and fractured media

T Sherman, NB Engdahl, G Porta, D Bolster - Journal of Contaminant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heterogeneity across a broad range of scales in geologic porous media often manifests in
observations of non-Fickian or anomalous transport. While traditional anomalous transport …

Velocity distributions, dispersion and stretching in three-dimensional porous media

M Souzy, H Lhuissier, Y Méheust… - Journal of Fluid …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Using index matching and particle tracking, we measure the three-dimensional velocity field
in an isotropic porous medium composed of randomly packed solid spheres. This high …

Three-dimensional visualization reveals pore-scale mechanisms of colloid transport and retention in two-phase flow

T Wu, Z Yang, R Hu, YF Chen - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Colloids are ubiquitous in the natural environment, playing an important role in facilitating
the transport of absorbed contaminants. However, due to the complexities arising from two …

Morphogenesis of biofilms in porous media and control on hydrodynamics

DL Kurz, E Secchi, R Stocker… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
The functioning of natural and engineered porous media, like soils and filters, depends in
many cases on the interplay between biochemical processes and hydrodynamics. In such …

Pore-scale mixing and the evolution of hydrodynamic dispersion in porous media

A Puyguiraud, P Gouze, M Dentz - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We study the interplay of pore-scale mixing and network-scale advection through
heterogeneous porous media, and its role for the evolution and asymptotic behavior of …

On the effect of flow regime and pore structure on the flow signatures in porous media

M Vasheghani Farahani, M Mousavi Nezhad - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is utilized for three-dimensional simulation of
fluid flow through two porous structures, consisting of grains with the same diameter:(i) a …

Internal biofilm heterogeneities enhance solute mixing and chemical reactions in porous media

I Markale, M Carrel, DL Kurz, VL Morales… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bacterial biofilms can form in porous media that are of interest in industrial applications
ranging from medical implants to biofilters as well as in environmental applications such as …

Stochastic dynamics of Lagrangian pore‐scale velocities in three‐dimensional porous media

A Puyguiraud, P Gouze, M Dentz - Water Resources Research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Upscaling dispersion, mixing, and reaction processes from the pore to the Darcy scale is
directly related to the understanding of the dynamics of pore‐scale particle velocities, which …

Anomalous transport of colloids in heterogeneous porous media: A multi-scale statistical theory

D Fan, E Chapman, A Khan, F Iacoviello… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Transport of suspended colloids in heterogeneous porous media is a multi-scale
process that exhibits anomalous behavior and cannot be described by the Fickian …