Effect of Dispersion on Solutal Convection in Porous Media

Liang, Yu; Wen, Baole; Hesse, Marc A.; DiCarlo, David

doi:10.1029/2018gl079849

Title: Effect of Dispersion on Solutal Convection in Porous Media

Journal Article · Fri Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl079849· OSTI ID:1539751

Liang, Yu ^[1];

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Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Abstract Solutal convection in porous media is thought to be controlled by the molecular Rayleigh number, R a _m , the ratio of the buoyant driving force over diffusive dissipation. The mass flux should increase linearly with R a _m and the finger spacing should decrease as . Instead, our experiments find that flux levels off at large R a _m and finger spacing increases with R a _m . Here we show that the convective pattern is controlled by a dispersive Rayleigh number, R a _d , balancing buoyancy and dispersion. Increasing the bead size of the porous medium increases R a _m but decreases R a _d and hence coarsens the pattern. While the flux is predominantly controlled by R a _m , the anisotropy of mechanical dispersion leads to an asymmetry in the pattern that limits the flux at large bead sizes.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES); Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1539751

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Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 45, Issue 18; ISSN 0094-8276

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