Numerical simulation method for reactive solute transport based on micro-continuum medium model

ZHANG Qian; DONG Yanhui

doi:10.19509/j.cnki.dzkq.tb20230081

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ZHANG Qian, DONG Yanhui. Numerical simulation method for reactive solute transport based on micro-continuum medium model[J]. Bulletin of Geological Science and Technology, 2024, 43(3): 289-300. doi: 10.19509/j.cnki.dzkq.tb20230081

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ZHANG Qian, DONG Yanhui. Numerical simulation method for reactive solute transport based on micro-continuum medium model[J]. Bulletin of Geological Science and Technology, 2024, 43(3): 289-300. doi: 10.19509/j.cnki.dzkq.tb20230081

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Numerical simulation method for reactive solute transport based on micro-continuum medium model

doi: 10.19509/j.cnki.dzkq.tb20230081

ZHANG Qian^{1, 2, 3
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DONG Yanhui^{1, 2, 3
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Key Laboratory of Shale Gas and Geoengineering, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Innovation Academy of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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College of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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ZHANG Qian, E-mail: zhangqian@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Corresponding author: DONG Yanhui, E-mail: dongyh@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Received Date: 16 Feb 2023
Accepted Date: 25 Jun 2023
Rev Recd Date: 17 Jun 2023

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Significance
Fluid-solid interactions in reactive solute transport processes, governed by physical and chemical heterogeneities, dictate the evolution of subsurface geomaterials, resulting in nonlinear behaviours and multiscale features. It has become increasingly evident that examining the feedback between microscopic features and macroscopic behaviours in geomaterials is critical in various academic and industrial applications.
Progress
In this study, we introduce the concept and framework, mathematical and numerical models of the micro-continuum medium, as well as multiscale solvers and applications. Challenges in co-designed simulations and experiments are also discussed.
Conclusion and Prospects
Despite offering valuable insights into reactive transport processes, continuum-scale modelling or pore-scale modelling suffers from a gap between theoretical understanding and computational prediction. Recently, an alternative conceptualization of the multiscale problem involves the implementation of the Darcy-Brinkman-Stokes (DBS) equation in a single micro-continuum domain to identify reactive transport patterns across spatial scales under changing flow regimes. As fluid-solid interfaces cannot be explicitly resolved as in pore-scale models, the micro-continuum medium approach has the advantage of accommodating complex geometries or evolving interfaces without increasing computational costs.
- reactive solute transport,
- micro-continuum medium approach,
- multiscale numerical simulation,
- mechanistic understanding

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

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