Compressed air flow within aquifer reservoirs of CAES plants

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-240

  Kushnir, R ^a   Ullmann, A ^a   Dayan, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compressed air energy storage (CAES); Critical flow rates; Partially penetrating well; Porous reservoirs; Water coning

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE; CRITICAL FLOW RATE; PARTIALLY PENETRATING WELLS; POROUS RESERVOIRS; WATER CONING;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAISSONS; COLD STORAGE; COMPRESSED AIR; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PNEUMATICS; PRESSURE VESSELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

AIRFLOW; ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUIFER; ARTESIAN WELL; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; CRITICAL FLOW; DARCY LAW; DISCHARGE; FLOW MODELING; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR; SUCTION;

EID: 76149125789     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9397-y     Document Type: Article

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