Rock dissolution patterns and geochemical shutdown of CO2-brine-carbonate reactions during convective mixing in porous media

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 764, Issue , 2015, Pages 296-315

  Fu, X ^a   Cueto Felgueroso, L ^a,b   Bolster, D ^c   Juanes, R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

buoyancy driven instability; porous media; reacting flows

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; DISSOLUTION PATTERNS; EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; INSTANTANEOUS CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM; REACTING FLOWS; SCALAR DISSIPATION RATE;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION;

BRINE; BUOYANCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CONVECTION; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MIXING; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84927142906     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.647     Document Type: Article

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