Lattice Boltzmann modelling of salt precipitation during brine evaporation

Yang, Junyu; Lei, Timan; Wang, Geng; Xu, Qianghui; Chen, Jin; Luo, Kai H.

doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2023.104542

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“…2022; Yang et al. 2023). In many others, a common aim is to promote a fast evaporation rate to improve the efficiency of water management and thermal management.…”

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“…For example, in the self-assembly of nanoparticles in porous materials, the evaporation rate affects the generation of self-assembled structures and the evaporation pattern determines how and where the particles accumulate and assemble (Qin et al 2019). In geological carbon sequestration, the brine evaporation pattern determines the salt precipitation, which alters the pore structure and transport properties of the reservoir and therefore impairs the injection process (He et al 2022;Yang et al 2023). In many others, a common aim is to promote a fast evaporation rate to improve the efficiency of water management and thermal management.…”

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Pore-scale study on the effect of heterogeneity on evaporation in porous media

Fei,

Derome,

Carmeliet

2024

J. Fluid Mech.

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The evaporation process in porous media typically experiences three main periods, among which the first period, named the constant rate period (CRP), performs most efficiently in removing liquid. We aim to prolong the CRP to very low degrees of saturation (S) and increase its evaporation rate by playing with heterogeneity in wettability and pore size. First, we show that a porous medium with a smaller contact angle at the surface and increasing contact angle towards the inside generally dries out faster compared with that with uniform contact angle. Second, a constant contact angle porous medium with smaller/larger pores in the surface/inside part dries out faster than a medium with uniform pore size. The underlying mechanism is the occurrence of a capillary pressure jump at the border between the two layers accompanied by enhanced capillary pumping, increasing/maintaining the interfacial area in the surface pores. Harnessing the potential of this mechanism, we propose an optimized strategy by combining two heterogeneity effects: increasing contact angle and pore size towards the inside. This strategy is found to be robust both for multilayer and larger systems. In this case, a small drying front first penetrates fast towards the inside and then expands, followed by a horizontal drying front moving back layer by layer to the surface. Quantitatively, compared with evaporation from a homogeneously porous medium with uniform contact angle where CRP stops at $S=0.64$ , our optimized design can extend the CRP down to $S=0.12$ , and decrease five-fold the drying time needed to reach $S=0.05$ .

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“…2022; Yang et al. 2023). In many others, a common aim is to promote a fast evaporation rate to improve the efficiency of water management and thermal management.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%