Scaling behavior of convective mixing, with application to geological storage of CO2

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1121-1131

  Hassanzadeh, Hassan ^a   Pooladi Darvish, Mehran ^a   Keith, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CO2 storage or sequestration; Convective mixing; Deep saline aquifers; Numerical simulation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CONVECTIVE MIXING; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; SEQUESTRATION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 34248549902     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11157     Document Type: Article

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