Phase-field modeling of wormhole formation and growth in carbonate matrix acidizing

Furui, Kenji; Abe, Tatsuro; Watanabe, Takahiro; Yoshioka, Keita

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109866

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“…As a result, the dissolution zone appears conical. Under strong advection, the dissolution front progresses much faster than channel expansion, and a “wormhole” may occur, − which is a long, wide channel that is dissolved throughout the porous medium. In the “wormhole” model, a dominant wormhole controls the dissolution process.…”

Section: Mechanisms and Kinetics Of Mineralization Storagementioning

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Review on Multiscale CO₂ Mineralization and Geological Storage: Mechanisms, Characterization, Modeling, Applications and Perspectives

Sun,

Liu,

Cheng

et al. 2023

Energy Fuels

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Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology has shown rapid development in recent years as an important technology to reduce carbon emissions, of which CO 2 geological storage is an important part. Due to the complexity of CO 2 geological storage, especially the long period of mineralization storage, intensive studies have been conducted to reveal the mechanism of mineralization storage. This review presents a comprehensive understanding of the mineralization storage mechanism and its application prospects by introducing various experimental tools to deepen the characterization of pore-scale and core-scale changes during mineralization storage and promote the application of mineralization storage in large-scale carbon storage studies through geochemical simulations and field-scale demonstrations. This review summarizes representative multiscale studies of mineralization storage in typical reservoirs. The main findings are as follows: (1) For CO 2 −water−rock reactions, in addition to the influence of the inherent inhomogeneity of reservoir rocks (properties of mineral components, etc.), the environmental conditions of the reservoir (pH, temperature, pressure, etc.) have a strong influence on the dissolution and precipitation processes during mineralized storage. (2) The mineralization sealing process is accompanied by a complex evolution of pore-permeability properties. The mineral dissolution stage causes an increase in pore space and significantly improves the fluid injection capacity, while the mineral reprecipitation process causes problems such as pore throat blockage, which often affects the safety of sealing. (3) The modeling approach, combined with laboratory work, allows for large-scale and time-scale predictions. In addition, the current implementation of successful demonstration projects is summarized to promote the use of CO 2 storage in field engineering applications. Finally, directions for future development and research are proposed.

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Review on Multiscale CO₂ Mineralization and Geological Storage: Mechanisms, Characterization, Modeling, Applications and Perspectives

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Liu,

Cheng

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“…Examples are many and varied, ranging from spiral waves in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky redox reaction (Yamaguchi et al, 1991) to disordered-branching patterns in electrochemical deposition systems (Arguello et al, 2022), from the formation of Liesegang stripes (Liesegang, 1906;Liu et al, 2023) to dendritic growth in reaction-diffusion systems (Chopard et al, 1991;Z. Xu & Meakin, 2008), from oil recovery by fluid injection (Furui et al, 2022) to mineral precipitation during geologic sequestration (T. Xu et al, 2003). Understanding the underlying physical mechanism of pattern-forming processes is of significant interest in science and technology.…”

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“…They derived a governing formulation for dissolution-precipitation processes and demonstrated that it reproduces fingering patterns and diffusion-limited precipitation based on Kappa's model (Karma & Rappel, 1998). The discontinuous model was advanced to include advection effects for transitional flows when applied to pipe precipitation (Hawkins et al, 2014) and the dissolution wormhole formation during oil and gas recovery (Furui et al, 2022). Although the updated model gives a good estimate of the fractal dimension observed in diffusion-limited aggregation or dissolution, the formed patterns differ from a phenomenological viewpoint.…”

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Dendritic growth patterns in rocks: Inverting the driving and triggering mechanisms

Liu

Calo

Regenauer‐Lieb

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Mineral precipitation can form complex patterns under non-equilibrium conditions, in which two representative patterns are rhythmic Liesegang stripes and fractal dendrites. Interestingly, both patterns occur in the same rock formations, including various dendritic morphologies found in different rocks, such as limestone and sandstone. However, the underlying mechanism for selecting the vastly different mineral precipitation patterns remains unclear. We use a phase-field model to reveal the mechanisms driving pattern selection in mineral precipitation. Simulations allow us to explore the effects of diffusion parameters on determining the dendritic morphologies. We also propose a general criterion to distinguish the resulting dendrites in simulations and field observations based on a qualitative visual distinction into three categories and a quantitative fractal dimension phase diagram. Using this model, we reproduce the classified dendrites in the field and invert for the key parameters that reflect the intrinsic material properties and geological environments. This study provides a quantitative tool for identifying the morphology selection mechanism with potential applications to geological field studies, exploration for resource evaluation, and other potential industrial applications.

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“…They derived a governing formulation for dissolution‐precipitation processes and demonstrated that it reproduces fingering patterns and diffusion‐limited precipitation based on Kappa's model (Karma & Rappel, 1998). The discontinuous model was advanced to include advection effects for transitional flows when applied to pipe precipitation (Hawkins et al., 2014) and the dissolution wormhole formation during oil and gas recovery (Furui et al., 2022). Although the updated model gives a good estimate of the FD observed in DLA or dissolution, the formed patterns differ from a phenomenological viewpoint.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Their formation mechanism has been a special focus of interest for the early philosophers, artists and the scientific community. Examples are many and varied, ranging from spiral waves in the Belousov–Zhabotinsky redox reaction (Yamaguchi et al., 1991) to disordered‐branching patterns in electrochemical deposition systems (Arguello et al., 2022), from the formation of Liesegang stripes (Liesegang, 1906; Liu et al., 2023a) to dendritic growth in reaction‐diffusion systems (Chopard et al., 1991; Z. Xu & Meakin, 2008), from oil recovery by fluid injection (Furui et al., 2022) to mineral precipitation during geologic sequestration (T. Xu et al., 2003). Understanding the underlying physical mechanism of pattern‐forming processes is of significant interest in science and technology.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dendritic Growth Patterns in Rocks: Inverting the Driving and Triggering Mechanisms

Liu,

Calo,

Regenauer‐Lieb

et al. 2023

JGR Solid Earth

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Mineral precipitation can form complex patterns under non‐equilibrium conditions, in which two representative patterns are rhythmic Liesegang stripes and fractal dendrites. Interestingly, both patterns occur in the same rock formations, including various dendritic morphologies found in different rocks, such as limestone and sandstone. However, the underlying mechanism for selecting the vastly different mineral precipitation patterns remains unclear. We use a phase‐field model to reveal the mechanisms driving pattern selection in mineral precipitation. Simulations allow us to explore the effects of diffusion parameters on determining the dendritic morphologies. We also propose a general criterion to distinguish the resulting dendrites in simulations and field observations based on a qualitative visual distinction into three categories and a quantitative fractal dimension (FD) phase diagram. Using this model, we reproduce the classified dendrites in the field and invert for the key parameters that reflect the intrinsic material properties and geological environments. This study provides a quantitative tool for identifying the morphology selection mechanism with potential applications to geological field studies, exploration for resource evaluation, and other potential industrial applications.

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Phase-field modeling of wormhole formation and growth in carbonate matrix acidizing

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Review on Multiscale CO₂ Mineralization and Geological Storage: Mechanisms, Characterization, Modeling, Applications and Perspectives

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Phase-field modeling of wormhole formation and growth in carbonate matrix acidizing

Cited by 8 publications

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Review on Multiscale CO2 Mineralization and Geological Storage: Mechanisms, Characterization, Modeling, Applications and Perspectives

Review on Multiscale CO2 Mineralization and Geological Storage: Mechanisms, Characterization, Modeling, Applications and Perspectives

Dendritic growth patterns in rocks: Inverting the driving and triggering mechanisms

Dendritic Growth Patterns in Rocks: Inverting the Driving and Triggering Mechanisms

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