A mathematical model of the footprint of the CO2 plume during and after injection in deep saline aquifer systems

Energy Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3429-3436

  MacMinn, Christopher W ^a   Juanes, Ruben ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

capacity estimates; capillary trapping; Geologic storage; migration distance; post injection; saline aquifers; sharp interface

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY ESTIMATES; CAPILLARY TRAPPING; GEOLOGIC STORAGE; MIGRATION DISTANCE; POST-INJECTION; SALINE AQUIFERS; SHARP-INTERFACE;

ADVECTION; AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 67650127579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18766102     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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