Reactive Transport in Subsurface Systems at Multiple Scales: Experiments and Characterization

Session ID#: 120279

Session Description:
Recent field applications have emphasized the need for method and knowledge to understand the synergy between flow and reactive transport in subsurface systems. Multiple physical and chemical processes occur at different scales: precipitation, dissolution, geochemical reactions, non-reactive mineral releasing, clogging of the fractures, phase change of solid phase etc. Mechanistic understanding of (1) how multiple processes couple with each other, and (2) how small scale fluid-solid interaction translates to larger scale is crucial for establishing predictive models at macroscopic scale. Novel experimental and characterization techniques become available to elucidate the coupling between hydrodynamics, reactive transport and topology from nano to field scales. This session will gather recent advances in experiments and theoretical analysis that involve multi-scale reactive transport processes in porous and fractured media. We encourage experimental and characterization results unveiling strong interplay between multiple processes at different scales.
Index Terms:

1012 Reactions and phase equilibria [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1832 Groundwater transport [HYDROLOGY]


Primary Convener:  Bowen Ling, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Ran Hu, State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Qingwang Yuan, Texas Tech University, Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering, Lubbock, TX, United States, Chen Guo, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States; Chang'an University, Information Engineering, Xi'an, China and Mian Lin, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Primary Liaison:  Bowen Ling, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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