A MATLAB approach for developing digital rock models of heterogeneous limestones for reactive transport modeling
Vafaie, Atefeh (Imperial College London)
Cama, Jordi (Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua)
Kivi, Iman R. (Imperial College London)
Vilarrasa, Victor (Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats de la Universitat de les Illes Balears)
Soler, Josep M. (Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua)

Data:	2024
Resum:	Porosity is a key parameter controlling the physico-chemical behavior of porous rocks. Digital rock physics offers a unique technique for imaging the inherently heterogeneous rock microstructure at fine spatial resolutions and its computational reconstruction, through which a better understanding and prediction of the rock behavior can be achieved. In this study, we propose a simple but accurate method to build a 3D porosity map of centimeter-scale carbonate rock cores from X-ray Micro Computed Tomography (XMCT) imaging data. The method consists of 3 main steps: i) decomposition of 3D volumetric XMCT data into sub-volumes, ii) processing of equidistributed 2D cross-section images in each sub-volume and iii) 2D slice-by-slice calculation of porosity and its assembly to reconstruct a 3D continuum porosity map over the whole core domain using a MATLAB code. The proposed approach significantly conserves the required memory to manipulate large image datasets. The digitized porosity representations are used to build 3D permeability maps of the cores by applying an explicit permeability-porosity relationship. The permeability maps are used as input for numerical simulation of the rock response to the percolation of reactive fluids through which the general validity of the approach is verified. The developed digital rock model paves the way for an improved understanding of reactive transport in carbonate rocks.
Ajuts:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-00308 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PCI2021-122077-2B Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2019-106887GB-C32 Agencia Estatal de Investigación CEX2018-000794-S
Nota:	Altres ajuts: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UKRI Postdoc Guarantee Award THMC4CCS [Grant number EP/X026019/1]
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Computed tomography ; Digital rock physics ; Rock heterogeneity ; Porosity reconstruction ; Reactive transport modeling
Publicat a:	Geologica acta, Vol. 22 (2024) , p. 1-14 (Articles) , ISSN 1696-5728

Adreça original: https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/43029
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/GeologicaActa/article/view/429750
DOI: 10.1344/GeologicaActa2024.22.3

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