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 …

X-ray microcomputed tomography (µCT) for mineral characterization: A review of data analysis methods

PI Guntoro, Y Ghorbani, PH Koch, J Rosenkranz - Minerals, 2019 - mdpi.com
The main advantage of X-ray microcomputed tomography (µCT) as a non-destructive
imaging tool lies in its ability to analyze the three-dimensional (3D) interior of a sample …

Microbial induced wettability alteration with implications for Underground Hydrogen Storage

M Boon, I Buntic, K Ahmed, N Dopffel, C Peters… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of the microbial activity impacts on transport and storage of
hydrogen is a crucial aspect of successful Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS). Microbes …

Dynamic three-dimensional pore-scale imaging of reaction in a carbonate at reservoir conditions

HP Menke, B Bijeljic, MG Andrew… - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Quantifying CO2 transport and average effective reaction rates in the subsurface is essential
to assess the risks associated with underground carbon capture and storage. We use X-ray …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of pore and grain size distributions in porous geological samples–An image processing workflow

H Safari, BJ Balcom, A Afrough - Computers & geosciences, 2021 - Elsevier
An image processing workflow is presented for the characterization of pore and grain size
distributions in porous geological samples from X-ray microcomputed tomography (μCT) …

Evaluation of mineral reactive surface area estimates for prediction of reactivity of a multi-mineral sediment

LE Beckingham, EH Mitnick, CI Steefel, S Zhang… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Our limited understanding of mineral reactive surface area contributes to significant
uncertainties in quantitative simulations of reactive chemical transport in subsurface …

Modification of two-scale continuum model and numerical studies for carbonate matrix acidizing

C Jia, Z Huang, K Sepehrnoori, J Yao - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Matrix acidizing is one of the most effective stimulation techniques to achieve industrial
development of carbonate reservoirs. In this work, a two-scale continuum model is modified …

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 …

Imaging and measurement of pore‐scale interfacial curvature to determine capillary pressure simultaneously with relative permeability

Q Lin, B Bijeljic, R Pini, MJ Blunt… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There are a number of challenges associated with the determination of relative permeability
and capillary pressure. It is difficult to measure both parameters simultaneously on the same …

Map** distribution of fractures and minerals in rock samples using Res-VGG-UNet and threshold segmentation methods

C He, H Sadeghpour, Y Shi, B Mishra… - Computers and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the internal structures of rock and their subsequent evolution is essential
across multiple disciplines. Fractures and mineral grains are significant components of …