Practical modeling approaches for geological storage of carbon dioxide

Ground Water

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 627-638

  Celia, Michael A ^a   Nordbotten, Jan M ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPLETE SYSTEM; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; CONSTRAINED ENERGY; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; LEAKAGE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; MODELING APPROACH; MULTICOMPONENTS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEOLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

SIMULATORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP WATER; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GAS STORAGE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAKAGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 69949177628     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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