Modelagem da transferência de massa, energia e momento em cavidades subterrâneas formadas através da técnica de mineração por dissolução

Abstract

In this work, the transfer of mass, energy and momentum inside cavities, generated by solution mining method, has been modeled. The differential equations were solved by using finite differences methodology. The results were validated through comparison with resultsobtained from a plant that produces salt in large scale. It is important to point out that this particular procedure is very sensitive to boundary conditions and, in this way, it is important to have a good understanding of the particular system that is being modeled. This work is important because it enables to simulate the behavior of the cavity as a function of the geological characteristics with few bench tests.