Berkeley Fluids Seminar
University of California, Berkeley
Bring your lunch and enjoy learning about fluids!
3110 Etcheverry Hall, 12:00-13:00
Monday, April 17, 2017
Dr. Cyprien Soulaine (Stanford)
Mineral dissolution and wormholing from a pore-scale perspective
Abstract: A micro-continuum approach is proposed to simulate the dissolution of solid minerals at the pore-scale under single-phase-flow conditions. The approach employ a the Darcy-Brinkman-Stokes formulation and locally averaged conservation laws combined with immersed boundary conditions for the chemical reaction at the solid surface. The methodology compares well with the Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian technique. The simulation framework is validated using an experimental microfluidic device to image the dissolution of a single calcite crystal. The evolution of the calcite crystal during the acidizing process is analyzed and related to flow conditions, i.e., Péclet and Damköhler numbers. Macroscopic laws for the dissolution rate are proposed by upscaling the pore-scale simulations. Finally, the emergence of wormholes during the injection of acid in a two-dimensional domain of calcite grains is discussed based on pore-scale simulations.
Biography: Dr. Cyprien Soulaine is a
Research Associate in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering
at Stanford University. Cyprien has a PhD in Fluid Dynamics from the
Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, France (2012). His
work uses fundamental research on fluid flow and transport in porous
media to bridge the gap between the scales and to develop relevant
mathematical models and simulation tools at different scales. His
research on porous media applies to very different domains such as
chemical engineering (adsorption and distillation processes for air
separation units and carbon capture), nuclear engineering (cooling of
superconductor magnets with superfluid Helium), and subsurface
engineering (water resources management, CO2 sequestration, acid
stimulation, Enhanced Oil Recovery, unconventional resources).
Dr. Soulaine is very involved with the community open source software
OpenFOAM. In May, Dr. Soulaine will teach
a course
on this software.
Acknowledgments
Prof. Graham Fleming (Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Berkeley)
Prof. Eliot Quataert on behalf of The Theoretical Astrophysics Center and the Astronomy Department (UC Berkeley)
Prof. Philip S. Marcus on behalf of the Mechanical Engineering Department (UC Berkeley)
Prof. Michael Manga (Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley)
Prof. Evan Variano (Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley)