Formation dry-out from co2 injection into saline aquifers: 2. analytical model for salt precipitation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Pruess, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; DRY OUTS; FLUID PROPERTIES; FRACTIONAL FLOW THEORIES; GAS SATURATIONS; IN-SITU; INJECTION PROCESS; MASS BALANCES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PORE SPACES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; SALINE AQUIFERS; SALT PRECIPITATIONS; SATURATION PROFILES;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALINITY; SALT; SATURATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 65349139551     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007102     Document Type: Article

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