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Trona Solution Mining: Cavity Growth & Brine Saturation (2D)

2D in-situ leaching lab: mass-transfer-limited dissolution grows a real cavity around an injection well, a stirred-tank solute balance tracks brine concentration against a temperature-set saturation limit, and a production well recovers Na₂CO₃ once the dissolution front sweeps across the well spacing.

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This 2D companion drives real solution-mining (in-situ leaching) engineering math instead of a decorative cave: a mass-transfer-limited dissolution rate (rate ∝ concentration gradient × wetted cavity area) grows a real cavity around the injection well, a stirred-tank solute balance tracks brine concentration against a temperature-set saturation ceiling that halts local dissolution when reached, and a production well recovers Na₂CO₃ at an efficiency that ramps up as the dissolution front sweeps toward it, reaching full recovery at breakthrough when the cavity radius meets the well spacing.

⚙ Under the hood

2D in-situ leaching lab with mass-transfer-limited dissolution kinetics, a stirred-tank solute balance against a temperature-set saturation ceiling, and a production well whose recovery efficiency ramps up as the dissolution front sweeps toward it.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install