Pore network and solute flux pattern analysis towards improved predictability of diffusive transport in argillaceous host rocks

T Bollermann, T Yuan, J Kulenkampff, T Stumpf… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clay rock formations are considered as host rocks for underground radioactive waste
repositories. Reliable predictions of diffusive transport heterogeneity are critical for …

Numerical study of vug effects on acid-rock reactive flow in carbonate reservoirs

Z Huang, H Xing, X Zhou, H You - Advances in Geo-Energy …, 2020 - ager.yandypress.com
Matrix acidizing is one of the most practical stimulation technologies for carbonate
reservoirs, which effectively improve the region permeability near the wellbore. In addition to …

A comparative study on heterogeneity of clay rocks using pore‐scale diffusion simulations and experiments

T Yuan, Y Yang, N Ait‐Mouheb… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate modeling and simulation of radionuclide migration in clay rocks such as the
Opalinus Clay (OPA) play a key role in the safety assessment of deep geological …

The influence of sedimentary and diagenetic heterogeneity on the radionuclide diffusion in the sandy facies of the Opalinus Clay at the core scale

T Yuan, C Fischer - Applied Geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecular diffusion is an important transport mechanism for radionuclide migration in low-
permeable argillaceous host rock such as Opalinus Clay (OPA). In this study, the influence …

Effective diffusivity prediction of radionuclides in clay formations using an integrated upscaling workflow

T Yuan, C Fischer - Transport in Porous Media, 2021 - Springer
The effective diffusivity is a key parameter in the diffusive transport calculations, thus
decisive for predicting the radionuclide migration in low-permeable clay-rich formations …

A novel approach to improve acid diversion in carbonate rocks using thermochemical fluids: Experimental and numerical study

M Ba Alawi, A Hassan, MS Aljawad, MS Kamal… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The distribution of acid over all layers of interest is a critical measure of matrix acidizing
efficiency. Chemical and mechanical techniques have been widely adapted for enhancing …

Numerical investigation of wormhole formation during matrix acidizing of carbonate rocks by coupling stokes-brinkman equation with reactive transport model under …

T Yuan, G Qin - SPE International Conference and Exhibition on …, 2020 - onepetro.org
Matrix acidizing of carbonate formations has been widely used as a practical stimulation
technique to improve well performance near the wellbore. The principle of a matrix acidizing …

Three-dimensional simulation of wormhole propagation in fractured-vuggy carbonate rocks during acidization

P Liu, X Kong, G Feng, K Zhang, S Sun, J Yao - 2023 - repository.kaust.edu.sa
Acidization is a widely used stimulation technique for carbonate reservoirs aimed at
removing formation damage, and if successful, can result in the creation of wormholes of …

The influence of sedimentary heterogeneity on the diffusion of radionuclides in the sandy facies of opalinus clay at the field scale

C Chen, T Yuan, R Lu, C Fischer… - Advances in …, 2022 - adgeo.copernicus.org
Radionuclide migration in clay-rich formations is typically dominated by diffusion
considering the low permeability of these formations. An accurate estimation of radionuclide …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modeling and simulation of microbially induced calcite precipitation on a cement surface at the pore scale

T Yuan, A Cherkouk, C Fischer - Advances in Water Resources, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of contaminant transport in cementitious material using numerical tools
plays a key role in the risk assessments of nuclear waste disposal. At the pore scale, the …