Modeling vertical stratification of CO2 injected into a deep layered aquifer

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 450-462

  Hayek, Mohamed ^a   Mouche, Emmanuel ^a   Mügler, Claude ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Buckley Leverett equation with gravity; Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration; Flux continuity; Layered porous media; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUCKLEY-LEVERETT EQUATION WITH GRAVITY; CONTINUITY CONDITIONS; FLUX FUNCTIONS; GRAVITY EFFECTS; LAYERED AQUIFERS; LAYERED POROUS MEDIA; LIGHT PHASE; LOW PERMEABILITIES; PIECE WISE; POROUS MEDIAS; RIEMANN PROBLEMS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; UTSIRA AQUIFERS; VERTICAL COLUMNS; VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; VERTICAL STRATIFICATIONS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

AQUIFER; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAYERED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; STRATIFICATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 61349189532     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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