Articles | Volume 28, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4559-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4559-2024
Research article
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23 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 23 Oct 2024

Solutions and case studies for thermally driven reactive transport and porosity evolution in geothermal systems (reactive Lauwerier problem)

Roi Roded, Einat Aharonov, Piotr Szymczak, Manolis Veveakis, Boaz Lazar, and Laura E. Dalton

Data sets

MATLAB codes and data compiled here R. Roded https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12531720

Model code and software

MATLAB codes and data compiled here R. Roded https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12531720

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Short summary
Common practices in water resource management and geothermal applications involve the injection of hot or cold water into aquifers. The resulting thermal changes may lead to chemical disequilibrium and consequent mineral dissolution/precipitation in the rock void space. A mathematical model is developed to study the effects of such thermal fluid injection on the evolution of water composition, aquifer porosity, and permeability. The model is then applied to two important case studies.