Publications by authors named "Julien Maes"
The traditional model of solid dissolution in porous media consists of three dissolution regimes (uniform, compact, wormhole)-or patterns-that are established depending on the relative dominance of reaction rate, flow, and diffusion. In this work, we investigate the evolution of pore structure using numerical simulations during acid injection on two models of increasing complexity. We investigate the boundaries between dissolution regimes and characterize the existence of a fourth dissolution regime called channeling, where initially fast flow pathways are preferentially widened by dissolution.
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- Multiphase flows in porous media are crucial for various natural and industrial processes, driving interest in advanced pore-scale modeling techniques.
- Recent developments in these models, including lattice Boltzmann and phase-field methods, have outpaced quantitative comparisons between them and real experimental data.
- The study benchmarks 14 state-of-the-art models using microfluidic experiments, revealing that no single model is best for all scenarios, particularly facing challenges with thin films and corner flow.