Computational Approaches to Assess Flow Rate Efficiency During In Situ Recovery of Uranium: From Reactive Transport to Streamline- and Trajectory-Based Methods
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| Publicado en: | Minerals vol. 15, no. 8 (2025), p. 835-855 |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Maksat, Kurmanseiit |u Department of Mechanical Engineering, Satbayev University, Almaty 050013, Kazakhstan; m.kurmanseiit@satbayev.university (M.K.); m.tungatarova@satbayev.university (M.T.) | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Computational Approaches to Assess Flow Rate Efficiency During In Situ Recovery of Uranium: From Reactive Transport to Streamline- and Trajectory-Based Methods | |
| 260 | |b MDPI AG |c 2025 | ||
| 513 | |a Journal Article | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a This study presents a comprehensive computational analysis of flow rate efficiency during uranium extraction via the In Situ Recovery method. Using field data from a deposit located in Southern Kazakhstan, a series of mathematical models were developed to evaluate the distribution and balance of leaching solution. A reactive transport model incorporating uranium dissolution kinetics and acid–rock interactions were utilized to assess the accuracy of both traditional and proposed methods. The results reveal a significant spatial imbalance in sulfuric acid distribution, with up to 239.1 tons of acid migrating beyond the block boundaries. To reduce computational demands while maintaining predictive accuracy, two alternative methods, a streamline-based and a trajectory-based approach were proposed and verified. The streamline method showed close agreement with reactive transport modeling and was able to effectively identify the presence of intra-block reagent imbalance. The trajectory-based method provided detailed insight into flow dynamics but tended to overestimate acid overflow outside the block. Both alternative methods outperformed the conventional approach in terms of accuracy by accounting for geological heterogeneity and well spacing. The proposed methods have significantly lower computational costs, as they do not require solving complex systems of partial differential equations involved in reactive transport simulations. The proposed approaches can be used to analyze the efficiency of mineral In Situ Recovery at both the design and operational stages, as well as to determine optimal production regimes for reducing economic expenditures in a timely manner. | |
| 651 | 4 | |a Kazakhstan | |
| 653 | |a Sulfuric acid | ||
| 653 | |a Minerals | ||
| 653 | |a Reagents | ||
| 653 | |a Uranium | ||
| 653 | |a Flow rates | ||
| 653 | |a Efficiency | ||
| 653 | |a Kinetics | ||
| 653 | |a Mathematical models | ||
| 653 | |a Software utilities | ||
| 653 | |a Recovery | ||
| 653 | |a Complex systems | ||
| 653 | |a Streamlines | ||
| 653 | |a Mineralogy | ||
| 653 | |a In situ leaching | ||
| 653 | |a Computer applications | ||
| 653 | |a Sulphuric acid | ||
| 653 | |a Heterogeneity | ||
| 653 | |a Geology | ||
| 653 | |a Expenditures | ||
| 653 | |a Accuracy | ||
| 653 | |a Partial differential equations | ||
| 653 | |a Overflow | ||
| 653 | |a Computing costs | ||
| 653 | |a Differential equations | ||
| 653 | |a Flow velocity | ||
| 653 | |a Leaching | ||
| 700 | 1 | |a Shayakhmetov Nurlan |u Department of Mechanical Engineering, Satbayev University, Almaty 050013, Kazakhstan; m.kurmanseiit@satbayev.university (M.K.); m.tungatarova@satbayev.university (M.T.) | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Daniar, Aizhulov |u Department of Software Engineering, Satbayev University, Almaty 050013, Kazakhstan | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Abdullayeva Banu |u Department of Mechanics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; banuzhabdullayeva@gmail.com | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Tungatarova Madina |u Department of Mechanical Engineering, Satbayev University, Almaty 050013, Kazakhstan; m.kurmanseiit@satbayev.university (M.K.); m.tungatarova@satbayev.university (M.T.) | |
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