Scaling of capillary trapping in unstable two-phase flow: Application to CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers

Energy Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3421-3428

  Szulczewski, Michael L ^a   Cueto Felgueroso, Luis ^a   Juanes, Ruben ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

capillary trapping; CO2 sequestration; gravity fingering; multiphase flow; phase field modeling

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TRAPPING; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; CONTINUUM MODEL; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; DRY SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FLOW INSTABILITIES; GRAVITY FINGERING; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; INFILTRATION RATE; MACROSCOPIC MODEL; PHASE FIELDS; PHASE-FIELD MODELING; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; RESEARCH EFFORTS; TRAPPING MECHANISMS; TWO-PHASE FLOWS; UNSTABLE FLOWS;

AQUIFERS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 67650154703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18766102     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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