Evolution of hydraulic conductivity by precipitation and dissolution in carbonate rock

Water Resources Research - Tập 39 Số 1 - 2003
Olga Singurindy1, Brian Berkowitz1
1Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

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The evolution of hydraulic conductivity and flow patterns, controlled by simultaneous precipitation and dissolution in porous rocks, was examined in a series of laboratory experiments. Linear flow experiments were performed in columns of crushed calcareous sandstone by injecting different concentrations of HCl/H2SO4 mixtures at various flow rates. The effect of simultaneous calcium carbonate dissolution and gypsum precipitation was analyzed. Changes in head gradient, recorded at specific time intervals during the experiments, were used to calculate overall hydraulic conductivity of each column. The effluent acid was analyzed for Ca2+ and SO42− concentrations in order to calculate porosity changes during the experiments. After each experiment, the rock sample was retrieved and sectioned in order to study the pore space geometry, micromorphology, and mineral concentrations. A range of injected H+/SO42− ratios and flow rates was identified which leads to oscillations in the effective hydraulic conductivity of the evolving carbonate rock samples. Because the dissolution of calcium carbonate is a mass transfer limited process, higher flow rates cause a more rapid dissolution of the porous medium; in such cases, with dissolution dominating, highly conductive flow wormholes were observed to develop. At slower flow rates, no wormhole formation was observed, but the porosity varied in different parts of the columns. Analysis of the sectioned parts of the column, after each experiment, showed that total porosity increased significantly by dissolution of carbonate mineral near the inlet of the column and decreased along the interior length of the column by gypsum precipitation. These findings are in qualitative accordance with conceptual understanding of such phenomena.

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