A smoothed particle hydrodynamics model for reactive transport and mineral precipitation in porous and fractured porous media

Journal Article · Thu May 24 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · Water Resources Research, 43(5):Art. No. W05437

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2005WR004770· OSTI ID:912508

Tartakovsky, Alexandre M; Meakin, Paul; Scheibe, Timothy D; Wood, B D

A numerical model based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) was used to simulate reactive transport and mineral precipitation in porous and fractured porous media. The model was used to study effects of the Damkohler and Peclet numbers and pore-scale heterogeneity on reactive transport and the character of mineral precipitation, and to estimate effective reaction coefficients and mass transfer coefficients. The changes in porosity, fluid and solute fluxes and transport parameters resulting from mineral precipitation were also investigated. The simulation results show that the SPH, Lagrangian particle method, is an effective tool for studying pore scale flow and transport. The particle nature of SPH allows complex physical processes such as diffusion, reaction and mineral precipitation to be modeled with relative ease.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 912508
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-47642; 3573a
• Journal Information: Water Resources Research, 43(5):Art. No. W05437, Journal Name: Water Resources Research, 43(5):Art. No. W05437 Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 43; ISSN WRERAQ; ISSN 0043-1397
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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58 GEOSCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
HYDRODYNAMICS
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MINERALS
POROUS MATERIALS
PRECIPITATION
SOLUTES
mineral precipitation
miscible flow
pore-scale simulations
reactive transport
smoothed particle hydrodynamics