Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-15224
Authors: Gao, H.
Tatomir, A. B.
Karadimitriou, N. K.
Steeb, H.
Sauter, M.
Title: Effect of pore space stagnant zones on Interphase mass transfer in porous media, for two-phase flow conditions
Issue Date: 2022
metadata.ubs.publikation.typ: Zeitschriftenartikel
metadata.ubs.publikation.seiten: 639-667
metadata.ubs.publikation.source: Transport in porous media 146 (2023), S. 639-667
URI: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:93-opus-ds-152434
http://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/15243
http://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-15224
ISSN: 1573-1634
0169-3913
Abstract: Interphase mass transfer is an important solute transport process in two-phase flow in porous media. During two-phase flow, hydrodynamically stagnant and flowing zones are formed, with the stagnant ones being adjacent to the interfaces through which the interphase mass transfer happens. Due to the existence of these stagnant zones in the vicinity of the interface, the mass transfer coefficient decreases to a certain extent. There seems to be a phenomenological correlation between the mass transfer coefficient and the extent of the stagnant zone which, however, is not yet fully understood. In this study, the phase-field method-based continuous species transfer model is applied to simulate the interphase mass transfer of a dissolved species from the immobile, residual, non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) to the flowing aqueous phase. Both scenarios, this of a simple cavity and this of a porous medium, are investigated. The effects of flow rates on the mass transfer coefficient are significantly reduced when the stagnant zone and the diffusion length are larger. It is found that the stagnant zone saturation can be a proxy of the overall diffusion length of the terminal menisci in the porous medium system. The early-stage mass transfer coefficient continuously decreases due to the depletion of the solute in the small NAPL clusters that are in direct contact with the flowing water. The long-term mass transfer mainly happens on the interfaces associated with large NAPL clusters with larger diffusion lengths, and the mass transfer coefficient is mainly determined by the stagnant zone saturation.
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