Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow Conditions
Abstract We focus on nonlinear flow regime scenarios observed at the global scale of a porous medium and explore the impact of such nonlinearities on key features of dispersive scalar transport observed across three‐dimensional porous systems characterized by various degrees of pore space complexity...
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| description | Abstract We focus on nonlinear flow regime scenarios observed at the global scale of a porous medium and explore the impact of such nonlinearities on key features of dispersive scalar transport observed across three‐dimensional porous systems characterized by various degrees of pore space complexity. Flow and transport processes are analyzed at pore‐scale and larger scales in well‐documented digital Beadpack and Bentheimer sandstone samples. Our simulations comprise linear (Darcy) and nonlinear (Forchheimer) flow regimes and consider a broad interval of values of Péclet number (ranging from 1 × 10−2–5 × 104). Sample probability density functions of pore‐scale velocities and concentrations of the migrating scalar are analyzed and related to flow conditions and degree of complexity of the pore space. Estimated values of dispersion associated with section‐averaged breakthrough curves display a power‐law scaling on the Péclet number. The scaling exponent depends on the relative importance of pore‐scale diffusion and advection. We find that the Forchheimer flow regime is characterized by enhanced mixing of the scalar field. This leads to enhanced dispersion as compared against a Darcy regime. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-489bc000ff8b4f0eb5d55c7cd3c8d1072025-08-20T03:24:07ZengWileyWater Resources Research0043-13971944-79732023-10-015910n/an/a10.1029/2023WR034655Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow ConditionsHamid Moghimi0Mohaddeseh Mousavi Nezhad1Alberto Guadagnini2Porous Materials and Processes Modelling Research Group Warwick Centre for Predictive Modelling School of Engineering The University of Warwick Coventry UKPorous Materials and Processes Modelling Research Group Warwick Centre for Predictive Modelling School of Engineering The University of Warwick Coventry UKDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale Politecnico di Milano Milano ItalyAbstract We focus on nonlinear flow regime scenarios observed at the global scale of a porous medium and explore the impact of such nonlinearities on key features of dispersive scalar transport observed across three‐dimensional porous systems characterized by various degrees of pore space complexity. Flow and transport processes are analyzed at pore‐scale and larger scales in well‐documented digital Beadpack and Bentheimer sandstone samples. Our simulations comprise linear (Darcy) and nonlinear (Forchheimer) flow regimes and consider a broad interval of values of Péclet number (ranging from 1 × 10−2–5 × 104). Sample probability density functions of pore‐scale velocities and concentrations of the migrating scalar are analyzed and related to flow conditions and degree of complexity of the pore space. Estimated values of dispersion associated with section‐averaged breakthrough curves display a power‐law scaling on the Péclet number. The scaling exponent depends on the relative importance of pore‐scale diffusion and advection. We find that the Forchheimer flow regime is characterized by enhanced mixing of the scalar field. This leads to enhanced dispersion as compared against a Darcy regime.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034655multi‐scale analysisnon‐linear flowdispersive transportpore scale modelingForchheimer regimeinverse modeling |
| spellingShingle | Hamid Moghimi Mohaddeseh Mousavi Nezhad Alberto Guadagnini Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow Conditions Water Resources Research multi‐scale analysis non‐linear flow dispersive transport pore scale modeling Forchheimer regime inverse modeling |
| title | Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow Conditions |
| title_full | Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow Conditions |
| title_fullStr | Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow Conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow Conditions |
| title_short | Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow Conditions |
| title_sort | multi scale analysis of dispersive scalar transport across porous media under globally nonlinear flow conditions |
| topic | multi‐scale analysis non‐linear flow dispersive transport pore scale modeling Forchheimer regime inverse modeling |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034655 |
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