Development of a hybrid process and system model for the assessment of wellbore leakage at a geologic CO2 sequestration site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7280-7286

  Viswanathan, Hari S ^a   Pawar, Rajesh J ^a   Stauffer, Philip H ^a   Kaszuba, John P ^a   Carey, J William ^a   Olsen, Seth C ^a   Keating, Gordon N ^a   Kavetski, Dmitri ^b   Guthrie, George D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROCESSING; SYSTEM MODELLING; WELL BORES;

MODEL STRUCTURES; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSION; HYBRID; LEAKAGE; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

COUPLED PROCESS; DEPLETED OIL RESERVOIRS; EMERGENT BEHAVIORS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOLOGIC RESERVOIRS; GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATIONS; HYBRID PROCESS; INTEGRATING INFORMATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; PROCESS MODEL; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SITE INFORMATION; SYSTEM MODELS; SYSTEM-LEVEL MODELS; WELLBORE;

AQUIFERS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 54749125058     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800417x     Document Type: Article

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