Modelling Fines Mobilization, Migration and Clogging

The authors introduce and discuss a model for fines mobilization, migration and clogging in porous media based on the convection-diffusion equation. Their model contains two fields: The concentration of fine particles deposited on the pore walls and the concentration of fines suspended in the ambient liquid. The model contains four parameters--or seven if certain nonlinearities in the clogging process are important. They discuss the physical contents of the model and test it numerically in two dimensions.