The effect of natural flow of aquifers and associated dispersion on the onset of buoyancy-driven convection in a saturated porous medium

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 475-485

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CO2; Convection; Dispersion; Saline aquifers; Stability analysis; Storage or sequestration

Indexed keywords

CO2; CONVECTION; SALINE AQUIFERS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE OR SEQUESTRATION;

AQUIFERS; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; BRINES; BUOYANCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISPERSIONS; DISSOLUTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 60749085399     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11664     Document Type: Article

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