Articles | Volume 29, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2485-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2485-2025
Research article
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16 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 16 Jun 2025

Numerical analysis of the effect of heterogeneity on CO2 dissolution enhanced by gravity-driven convection

Yufei Wang, Daniel Fernàndez-Garcia, and Maarten W. Saaltink

Data sets

Supporting information for: Numerical Analysis of the Effect of Heterogeneity on CO2 Dissolution Enhanced by Gravity Driven Convection Y. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14061632

Model code and software

Matlab code meployed in the paper: Numerical Analysis of the Effect of Heterogeneity on CO2 Dissolution Enhanced by Gravity Driven Convection Y. Wang https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5833962

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Short summary
During geological carbon sequestration, the injected supercritical CO2, being less dense, floats above the brine. The dissolution of CO2 into brine helps mitigate the risk of CO2 leakage. As CO2 dissolves into the brine, it increases the density of brine in the upper layer, initiating gravity-driven convection (GDC), which significantly enhances the rate of CO2 dissolution. We derived two empirical formulas to predict the asymptotic dissolution rate driven by GDC in heterogeneous fields.
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