Pore-scale modeling of complex transport phenomena in porous media

L Chen, A He, J Zhao, Q Kang, ZY Li… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Porous media play important roles in a wide range of scientific and engineering problems.
Recently, with their increasing application in energy conversion and storage devices, such …

Shale gas and non-aqueous fracturing fluids: Opportunities and challenges for supercritical CO2

RS Middleton, JW Carey, RP Currier, JD Hyman… - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations in the United States has led to a domestic energy
boom. Currently, water is the only fracturing fluid regularly used in commercial shale oil and …

Predictions of effective physical properties of complex multiphase materials

M Wang, N Pan - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
Theoretical prediction of effective properties for multiphase material systems is very
important not only to analysis and optimization of material performance, but also to new …

Mineral dissolution and wormholing from a pore-scale perspective

C Soulaine, S Roman, A Kovscek… - Journal of Fluid …, 2017 - cambridge.org
A micro-continuum approach is proposed to simulate the dissolution of solid minerals at the
pore scale under single-phase flow conditions. The approach employs a Darcy–Brinkman …

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 …

A lattice Boltzmann algorithm for fluid–solid conjugate heat transfer

J Wang, M Wang, Z Li - International journal of thermal sciences, 2007 - Elsevier
A lattice Boltzmann algorithm for fluid–solid conjugate heat transfer is developed. A new
generalized heat generation implement is presented and a “half lattice division” treatment for …

Lattice Boltzmann pore‐scale model for multicomponent reactive transport in porous media

Q Kang, PC Lichtner, D Zhang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, a multicomponent lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is presented for simulating
reactive transport in porous media at the pore scale. In the model, a set of distribution …

Micro-continuum approach for pore-scale simulation of subsurface processes

C Soulaine, HA Tchelepi - Transport in porous media, 2016 - Springer
The enormous growth in computational capabilities of recent years has made Navier–Stokes-
based simulation of flow and transport in natural porous media possible. Because of the …

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 …

An improved lattice Boltzmann model for multicomponent reactive transport in porous media at the pore scale

Q Kang, PC Lichtner, D Zhang - Water Resources Research, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we improve the lattice Boltzmann pore‐scale model for multicomponent
reactive transport in porous media developed in a previous study. Instead of applying a …