Modeling of carbon sequestration in coal-beds: A variable saturated simulation

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2849-2858

  Liu, Guoxiang ^a   Smirnov, Andrei V ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide sequestration; Concentration; Variable saturation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRACTURE FIXATION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LIQUIDS; METAL RECOVERY; METHANE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

ADSORPTION MODELING; APPALACHIAN BASIN; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; COAL SEAMS; COAL-BED METHANE; CONCENTRATION; FRACTURE STATE; GREEN HOUSE GASES; HISTORICAL DATA; KEY FACTORS; LANGMUIR EQUATIONS; LONG TERM; METHANE RECOVERY; RELA TIVE PERMEABILITY; SATURATION MODEL; VARIABLE SATURATION;

COAL STORAGE;

EID: 48849109130     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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