Dissolution trapping is one of the most crucial mechanisms for geological carbon storage (GCS). Recent laboratory and field experiments have shown non-equilibrium dissolution of supercritical CO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
(scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
) and coupled scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
dissolution and water flow, i.e., scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
dissolution at local pores/pore throats creating new water-flow paths, which in turn enhance dissolution by increased advection and interfacial area. Yet, the impacts of pore-scale characteristics on these coupled processes have not been investigated. In this study, imbibition and dissolution experiments were conducted under 40�C and 9 MPa using a homogeneous/isotropic hexagonal micromodel, two homogeneous elliptical micromodels with low or high anisotropy, and a heterogeneous sandstone-analog micromodel. The four micromodels, initially saturated with deionized (DI)-water, were drained by injecting scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
to establish a stable scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
saturation. DI water was then injected at different rates with <
em>
logC<
sub>
a<
/sub>
<
/em>
(the capillary number) ranging from -6.56 to -4.34. Results show that bypass of scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
by displacing water is the dominant mechanism contributing to the residual CO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
trapping, triggered by heterogeneity in pore characteristics or pore-scale scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
-water distribution. Bypass can be enhanced by pore heterogeneity or reduced by increasing transverse permeability, resulting in relatively low (<
2% of CO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
solubility) or high (9?13% of CO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
solubility) dissolved CO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
concentration in displacing water. The overall dissolution of residual scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
increases with decreasing <
em>
C<
sub>
a<
/sub>
<
/em>
, and approaches to their solubility at low <
em>
C<
sub>
a<
/sub>
<
/em>
value with sufficient residence time. This main trend is similar to a capillary desaturation curve that represents the relationship between the residual saturation and <
em>
C<
sub>
a<
/sub>
<
/em>
. Spatially, dissolution initiates along the boundary of bypassed scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
cluster(s) in a non-equilibrium manner, and the coupling of water flow and dissolution occurs which fragments the bypassed scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
clusters and enhance scCO<
sub>
2<
/sub>
dissolution.