Accelerated mass transfer of CO2 in reservoir brine due to density-driven natural convection at high pressures and elevated temperatures

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2430-2436

  Yang, Chaodong ^a   Gu, Yongan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

HIGH-PRESSURE PVT CELLS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; OIL RECOVERY OPERATIONS; RESERVOIR BRINE;

MASS TRANSFER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 33646235654     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050497r     Document Type: Conference Paper

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