hydromechanical behavior
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2022 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. e2110776118
Author(s):  
Masaoki Uno ◽  
Kodai Koyanagawa ◽  
Hisamu Kasahara ◽  
Atsushi Okamoto ◽  
Noriyoshi Tsuchiya

Hydration and carbonation reactions within the Earth cause an increase in solid volume by up to several tens of vol%, which can induce stress and rock fracture. Observations of naturally hydrated and carbonated peridotite suggest that permeability and fluid flow are enhanced by reaction-induced fracturing. However, permeability enhancement during solid-volume–increasing reactions has not been achieved in the laboratory, and the mechanisms of reaction-accelerated fluid flow remain largely unknown. Here, we present experimental evidence of significant permeability enhancement by volume-increasing reactions under confining pressure. The hydromechanical behavior of hydration of sintered periclase [MgO + H2O → Mg(OH)2] depends mainly on the initial pore-fluid connectivity. Permeability increased by three orders of magnitude for low-connectivity samples, whereas it decreased by two orders of magnitude for high-connectivity samples. Permeability enhancement was caused by hierarchical fracturing of the reacting materials, whereas a decrease was associated with homogeneous pore clogging by the reaction products. These behaviors suggest that the fluid flow rate, relative to reaction rate, is the main control on hydromechanical evolution during volume-increasing reactions. We suggest that an extremely high reaction rate and low pore-fluid connectivity lead to local stress perturbations and are essential for reaction-induced fracturing and accelerated fluid flow during hydration/carbonation.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1103-1112
Author(s):  
Abdellah Demdoum ◽  
Elhadj Guesmia Daheur ◽  
Hamza Loualbia ◽  
Zahra Bounouara ◽  
Moulay Smaine Ghembaza ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 147 (4) ◽  
pp. 04021005
Author(s):  
Bin Zhu ◽  
Zhigang Ye ◽  
Lujun Wang ◽  
Wenjie Xu ◽  
Deqiong Kong ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
pp. 122162
Author(s):  
Lu-qiang Ding ◽  
Sai K. Vanapalli ◽  
Wei-lie Zou ◽  
Zhong Han ◽  
Xie-qun Wang

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