Research Article

Effect of Pore-Scale Mineral Spatial Heterogeneity on Chemically Induced Alterations of Fractured Rock: A Lattice Boltzmann Study

Figure 9

Velocity profile (m/s) for cases with (a) coarser and (b) finer nonreactive minerals when Pe = 26 and Da = 20. In both (a) and (b), porosity (after dissolution) is near 0.56 but permeability (after dissolution) is 1.56 × 10−9 m2 for (a) and 1.41 × 10−9 m2 for (b).
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