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22 Apr 2024
Research article |
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Shannon entropy of transport self-organization due to dissolution–precipitation reaction at varying Peclet numbers in initially homogeneous porous media
Evgeny Shavelzon
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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Yaniv Edery
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Short summary
We investigate the interaction of transport with dissolution–precipitation reactions in porous media using the concepts of entropy and work to quantify the emergence of preferential flow paths. We show that the preferential-flow-path phenomenon and the hydraulic power required to maintain the driving pressure drop intensify over time along with the heterogeneity due to the interaction between the transport and the reactive processes. This is more pronounced in diffusion-dominated flows.
We investigate the interaction of transport with dissolution–precipitation reactions in porous...
