A Lagrangian Transport Eulerian Reaction Spatial (LATERS) Markov Model for Prediction of Effective Bimolecular Reactive Transport. Issue 11 (13th November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sund, Nicole; Porta, Giovanni; Bolster, Diogo; Parashar, Rishi
• Is Part Of: Water resources research. Volume 53:Issue 11(2017)
• Page Start: 9040
• Page End: 9058
• Publication Date: 2017-11-13
• Subjects: bimolecular reactive transport -- upscaled transport -- hybrid model -- porous media; Hydrology -- Periodicals; 333.91
• DOI: 10.1002/2017WR020821
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0043-1397

Abstract

Abstract: Prediction of effective transport for mixing‐driven reactive systems at larger scales, requires accurate representation of mixing at small scales, which poses a significant upscaling challenge. Depending on the problem at hand, there can be benefits to using a Lagrangian framework, while in others an Eulerian might have advantages. Here we propose and test a novel hybrid model which attempts to leverage benefits of each. Specifically, our framework provides a Lagrangian closure required for a volume‐averaging procedure of the advection diffusion reaction equation. This hybrid model is a LAgrangian Transport Eulerian Reaction Spatial Markov model (LATERS Markov model), which extends previous implementations of the Lagrangian Spatial Markov model and maps concentrations to an Eulerian grid to quantify closure terms required to calculate the volume‐averaged reaction terms. The advantage of this approach is that the Spatial Markov model is known to provide accurate predictions of transport, particularly at preasymptotic early times, when assumptions required by traditional volume‐averaging closures are least likely to hold; likewise, the Eulerian reaction method is efficient, because it does not require calculation of distances between particles. This manuscript introduces the LATERS Markov model and demonstrates by example its ability to accurately predict bimolecular reactive transport in a simple benchmark 2‐D porous medium. Key Points: The LATERS Markov model successfully predicts bimolecular reactive transport behavior Transport is modeled using the Lagrangian spatial Markov model Reactions are modeled via closure of volume‐averaging equations