Idealised remediation scenario in two small-scale intersecting fractures
Abstract: Analysis of mass transport in rock fractures has become increasingly important in underground storage of radioactive materials and remediation of polluted groundwater in fractured rock aquifers. Permeability of rock mass is regulated by present rock fractures, where flow is mainly through the fracture networks. However, previous studies on fluid flow and solute transport in rock fractures, have been mostly limited to non-reactive transport in single fractures. In this study, numerical modelling is used to predict reactive flow in idealised intersecting fractures by solving the Navier-Stokes equations and the transport equation with an assumed irreversible reaction
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