Modeling Multiphase Flow and Reactive Transport in Porous Media 2024

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on recent advances and developments in the modeling of multiphase flow and reactive transport in porous media. Many fundamental and practical aspects of multiphase flow processes, which are crucial in various energy and environmental applications, are not well understood. For instance, how are the processes controlled by interplay between large-scale flow patterns, such as fingering and local-scale Fickian diffusion, mechanical dispersion, and chemical reaction? How can we incorporate small-scale physical and chemical processes in the pore and core-scale into large-scale multiphase flow and transport models? How does the heterogeneous nature of rock–fluid properties and its uncertainty impact multiphase flow dynamics? What are the implications of thermodynamic changes in fluid properties?

Our goal is to include comprehensive review papers and recent experimental, theoretical, and numerical results, related to the study of complexities in describing multiphase flow dynamics and transport in porous media across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, including uncertainty analysis and risk assessment of operations. In particular, topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Multiphase flow in porous and fractured reservoirs;
• Geochemistry and reactive transport;
• Pore-scale processes;
• Constitutive relations;
• Enhanced oil/gas recovery;
• Upscaling flow and transport parameters;
• Coupled hydraulic, thermal, mechanical, chemical, and biological processes;
• Advanced modeling framework and methods.

Prof. Dr. Reza Soltanian
Dr. Marwan Fahs
Prof. Zhenxue Dai
Dr. Jesús Carrera
Guest Editors

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