Experimental and Theoretical Advancement in Modeling Fluid-Rock Interactions in Geological Reservoirs
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 December 2022) | Viewed by 401
Special Issue Editors
Interests: subsurface flow and transport modeling; geomechanics; machine learning; uncertainty quantification
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fluid injection and extraction in high pressure conditions is encountered in many geological applications, such as geologic carbon sequestration, hydrocarbon recovery, and enhanced geothermal energy extraction. It can modify rock mechanical properties and behaviors, leading to stress redistribution, fracture generation, or reactivation, and inducing mechanical or hydraulic hazards in underground engineering systems. Fluid–rock interactions, such as mineral dissolution/precipitation, can also alter reservoir petrophysical properties, notably porosity, permeability, wettability, and capillary pressure, which can significantly influence fluid and solid transport in geological systems. To be effective in the design and successful implementation of the above-mentioned subsurface processes, the interactions between fluids and the heterogeneous geological materials must be incorporated in the numerical schemes developed for modeling these processes.
This Special Issue will collect original research and review articles that help to further the understanding of the hydro-mechanical coupling processes in geological formations with contributions arising from analytical and numerical studies. This Special Issue is also interested in cutting-edge work that integrates numerical modeling, laboratory experiments and field tests. The goal is to advance the understanding of these multiphysics processes and contribute to the study of geo-energy and geo-environmental processes that involve fluid–rock interactions.
Dr. Ming Fan
Dr. Yanhui Han
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydro-mechanical coupling
- reactive transport simulations
- fluid flow and solid transport in porous media and fracture
- injection-induced fracture activation and propagation
- hydraulic fracturing stimulation
- mineral precipitation/dissolution
