Potential for 50% Mechanical Strength Decline in Sandstone Reservoirs Due to Salt Precipitation and CO2–Brine Interactions During Carbon Sequestration

M Nooraiepour, K Polański, M Masoudi… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2024 - Springer
Predictive modeling of CO2 storage sites requires a detailed understanding of physico-
chemical processes and scale-up challenges. Dramatic injectivity decline may occur due to …

A reactive transport modeling perspective on the dynamics of interface-coupled dissolution-precipitation

H Deng, J Poonoosamy, S Molins - Applied geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In interface coupled dissolution-precipitation systems, the dynamics of the mineral-fluid
interface depends on two intertwining processes: the dissolution of the primary mineral that …

Microfluidic investigation of pore-size dependency of barite nucleation

J Poonoosamy, A Obaied, G Deissmann… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The understanding and prediction of mineral precipitation processes in porous media are
relevant for various energy-related subsurface applications. While it is well known that …

3D cellular solar crystallizer for stable and ultra‐efficient high‐salinity wastewater treatment

C Wang, H Zhang, Z Kang, J Fan - Advanced Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developed interfacial solar brine crystallizers, which employ solar‐driven water
evaporation for salts crystallization from the near‐saturation brine to achieve zero liquid …

Nucleation and Crystal Growth: Recent Advances and Future Trends

L Aspillaga, D Jan Bautista, SN Daluz… - Engineering …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in nucleation and crystal growth have revolutionized our understanding
and control of crystallization processes. This paper highlights key developments in this field …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of hydration on hydrogen sorption in clay minerals and shale caprocks: Implications for hydrogen energy and waste storage

M Masoudi, M Nooraiepour, R Blom, K **… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Understanding hydrogen sorption on clay minerals is crucial for hydrogen energy
applications such as surface and subsurface storage, natural hydrogen exploration, and …

Dissolution-After-Precipitation (DAP): a simple microfluidic approach for studying carbonate rock dissolution and multiphase reactive transport mechanisms

J Xu, MT Balhoff - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We propose a simple microfluidic approach: Dissolution-After-Precipitation (DAP), to
investigate regimes of carbonate rock dissolution and multiphase reactive transport. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Lattice Boltzmann modelling of salt precipitation during brine evaporation

J Yang, T Lei, G Wang, Q Xu, J Chen, KH Luo - Advances in Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Salt precipitation during brine evaporation in porous media is an important phenomenon in
a variety of natural and engineering scenarios. This work establishes a multiphase …

[HTML][HTML] Surface wettability governs brine evaporation and salt precipitation during carbon sequestration in saline aquifers: Microfluidic insights

KM Dąbrowski, M Nooraiepour, M Masoudi… - Science of The Total …, 2025 - Elsevier
Carbon sequestration in deep saline aquifers is a promising strategy for reducing
atmospheric CO 2 emissions. However, salt precipitation triggered by the evaporation of …

[PDF][PDF] Precipitation-induced geometry evolution in porous media: numerical and experimental insights based on new model on probabilistic nucleation and mineral …

M Nooraiepour, M Masoudi, N Shorki… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Precipitation and growth of solid phases during a reactive fluid flow and solute transport are
critical in many natural and industrial systems. Mineral nucleation and growth is a prime …