Efficient parallel simulation of CO2 geologic sequestration in saline aquifers

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 91-99

  Zhang, Keni ^a   Doughty, Christine ^b   Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATION; PARALLEL SIMULATION; TWO-PHASE MIXTURES;

AQUIFERS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SALINE WATER; SIMULATORS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 34249332446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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