Improved mineral-dissolution kinetics in reactive-transport modeling

Principal Investigator

Dr. Tao Yuan

Funding Institution and Period

DFG, 2025 - 2028

Researcher on the project

Sina Parsa

Summary

The aim of this project is to simulate the effects of pore-scale variability on mineral dissolution and upscale the results to Darcy-scale reactive transport. In particular, we aim to develop a more generalizable approach for parameterizing intrinsic surface reactivity variability in pore-scale reactive-transport models. Furthermore, we propose an upscaling strategy to account for pore-scale results in Darcy-scale simulations, thereby improving the predictability of mineral dissolution at larger scales.