Dynamic Evolution of Pore-scale Heterogeneity and Transport Conditions Control Mineral Dissolution Regimes
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| author | Wang, Jinlei Yang, Yongfei Blunt, Martin J. Bijeljic, Branko |
| author_facet | Wang, Jinlei Yang, Yongfei Blunt, Martin J. Bijeljic, Branko |
| contents | Mineral dissolution in porous media is classically partitioned into static regimes within the Pe-Da plane, but this framework fails to capture the dissolution behavior of structurally complex rocks. Using three-dimensional micro-continuum simulations on micro-CT images of three rock samples spanning a wide range of pore-space heterogeneity, we track the joint evolution of dissolution morphology, velocity distribution, and reaction rate. Our results reveal that initial flow heterogeneity controls accessibility of reactants, thereby controlling the dissolution regime,reshaping them as dynamic trajectories. Channeled dissolution emerges as a simultaneous reorganization of structure and flow, and the resulting permeability-porosity relationship cannot be captured by a single power-law. The effective power-law exponent increases with heterogeneity and changes over time, reaching a maximum of 9.8, 18.0, and 40.9 for the three samples. Consequently, the effective reaction rate falls one to three orders of magnitude below the uniform dissolution prediction, with the suppression scaling with flow heterogeneity due to mass transfer limitations in channeled dissolution. |
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| spellingShingle | Dynamic Evolution of Pore-scale Heterogeneity and Transport Conditions Control Mineral Dissolution Regimes Wang, Jinlei Yang, Yongfei Blunt, Martin J. Bijeljic, Branko Fluid Dynamics Mineral dissolution in porous media is classically partitioned into static regimes within the Pe-Da plane, but this framework fails to capture the dissolution behavior of structurally complex rocks. Using three-dimensional micro-continuum simulations on micro-CT images of three rock samples spanning a wide range of pore-space heterogeneity, we track the joint evolution of dissolution morphology, velocity distribution, and reaction rate. Our results reveal that initial flow heterogeneity controls accessibility of reactants, thereby controlling the dissolution regime,reshaping them as dynamic trajectories. Channeled dissolution emerges as a simultaneous reorganization of structure and flow, and the resulting permeability-porosity relationship cannot be captured by a single power-law. The effective power-law exponent increases with heterogeneity and changes over time, reaching a maximum of 9.8, 18.0, and 40.9 for the three samples. Consequently, the effective reaction rate falls one to three orders of magnitude below the uniform dissolution prediction, with the suppression scaling with flow heterogeneity due to mass transfer limitations in channeled dissolution. |
| title | Dynamic Evolution of Pore-scale Heterogeneity and Transport Conditions Control Mineral Dissolution Regimes |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.18223 |