Effect of reactive surface areas associated with different particle shapes on chemical-dissolution front instability in fluid-saturated porous rocks

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-94

  Zhao, Chongbin ^a   Hobbs, B E ^b   Ord, A ^b   Hornby, P ^b   Peng, Shenglin ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical dissolution; Front propagation; Numerical simulation; Particle shape effect Reactive infiltration instability; Porous media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION SYSTEM; FLUID-SATURATED POROUS ROCKS;

ROCKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; ROCKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; INFILTRATION; INSTABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SATURATION;

EID: 41849126423     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9162-z     Document Type: Article

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