Impact of structural heterogeneity on solute transport and mixing in unsaturated porous media

France, Dec. 6 -- Project Id: 77605

Description: Grant agreement ID: 843594

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 September 2019

End date

31 August 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 196 707,84

EU contribution

€ 196 707,84

Objective

Solute transport in unsaturated porous media plays a crucial role in environmental processes affecting soils, aquifers, and carbon capture and storage operations. Natural porous media are characterized by various degrees of structural heterogeneity in the pore size distribution, spatial arrangements and spatial correlations. The impact of this pore-scale heterogeneity on the spreading of a solute plume, its mixing with other solutes, and the resulting reaction rates, is...