Data for Gravity Driven Chemical Dynamics in a Single Fracture

Zhenyu Xu1

Hongfan Cao2

Seonkyoo Yoon2

Peter Kang2

Young-Shin Jun1

Timothy Kneafsey1

Julie Sheets1

David Cole1

Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte1

1. 

2.University of Minnesota

Fluid mixing and carbonate mineral distributions in fractures are controlled by gravity-driven chemical dynamics. Here, we provide images recorded during miscible reactive and non-reactive flow experiments in a uniform aperture fracture for different fracture inclination angles. A density contrast between two miscible fluids leads to the formation of a low-density fluid runlet whose width depends on the inclination angle and affects the extent of mixing and the distribution of precipitates.


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Researchers should cite this dataset as follows:

Xu, Z., Cao, H., Yoon, S., Kang, P., Jun, Y., Kneafsey, T., Sheets, J., Cole, D., Pyrak-Nolte, L.  (2023). Data for Gravity Driven Chemical Dynamics in a Single Fracture. Purdue Unversity Research Repository. 10.4231/657J-V831

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Fractures miscible flow calcium carbonate precipitation fracture inclination CO2 sequestration mixing in a fracture Experimental Tests Simulations
Data Availability Statement

This dataset is freely accessible. It is located online at https://app.globus.org/file-manager?origin_id=537e4be6-f8c8-11ed-9bb9-c9bb788c490e&origin_path=%2F%7E%2F.

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DOI: 10.4231/657J-V831

Published date: 06/02/2023