A new pore-scale model for linear and non-linear heterogeneous dissolution and precipitation

We present single and multispecies reactive transport applications of the model. In the first application we study the permeability change of a porous medium associated with a given porosity change during dissolution and precipitation using linear reaction kinetics. We show that, for a given porous medium, the correlation between porosity and permeability changes depends on the transport regime (the ratio of advective to diffusive transport) and the reaction rate. Finally, we carry out simulations of multispecies reactive transport, focusing on the case of calcium carbonate dissolution/precipitation. Our results highlight the difference between pH dependent and independent reaction rates for heterogeneous reactions in complex geometries at the pore scale.