Deep learning in pore scale imaging and modeling

Y Da Wang, MJ Blunt, RT Armstrong… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Pore-scale imaging and modeling has advanced greatly through the integration of Deep
Learning into the workflow, from image processing to simulating physical processes. In …

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 …

Dynamic Pore‐Scale Dissolution by CO2‐Saturated Brine in Carbonates: Impact of Homogeneous Versus Fractured Versus Vuggy Pore Structure

Y Yang, Y Li, J Yao, S Iglauer, L Luquot… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Limestone pore structure strongly influences dissolution and associated reactive transport.
These effects are critical in limestone diagenesis and but also in engineering operations …

Pore-scale imaging and modelling of reactive flow in evolving porous media: Tracking the dynamics of the fluid–rock interface

C Noiriel, C Soulaine - Transport in porous media, 2021 - Springer
Fluid–mineral and fluid–rock interfaces are key parameters controlling the reactivity and fate
of fluids in reservoir rocks and aquifers. The interface dynamics through space and time …

Upscaling the porosity–permeability relationship of a microporous carbonate for Darcy-scale flow with machine learning

HP Menke, J Maes, S Geiger - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The permeability of a pore structure is typically described by stochastic representations of its
geometrical attributes (eg pore-size distribution, porosity, coordination number). Database …

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 …

Three-dimensional characterisation of pore networks and fluid flow in segregated heaps in the presence of crushed ore and agglomerates

L Wang, X Zhang, S Yin, X Zhang, P Liu, I Ilankoon - Hydrometallurgy, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the differences in ore feeds and stacking procedures, segregated pore networks are
commonly observed in industrial heap leaching operations, which strongly affect the pore …

Towards the digitalisation of porous energy materials: evolution of digital approaches for microstructural design

Z Niu, VJ Pinfield, B Wu, H Wang, K Jiao… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous energy materials are essential components of many energy devices and systems,
the development of which have been long plagued by two main challenges. The first is the …

Pore‐Scale Dissolution by CO2 Saturated Brine in a Multimineral Carbonate at Reservoir Conditions: Impact of Physical and Chemical Heterogeneity

Y Al‐Khulaifi, Q Lin, MJ Blunt… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We study the impact of physical and chemical heterogeneity on reaction rates in
multimineral porous media. We selected two pairs of carbonate samples of different physical …

Evaluating the chloride diffusion coefficient of cement mortars based on the tortuosity of pore structurally-designed cement pastes

Y Guo, T Zhang, J Du, C Wang, J Wei, Q Yu - Microporous and Mesoporous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The chloride diffusion coefficient of mortar was estimated commonly based on the porosity or
critical pore size of cement paste, presenting large deviation between theoretical calculation …