Modeling gas transport in the shallow subsurface during the ZERT CO2 release test

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-92

  Oldenburg, Curtis M ^a   Lewicki, Jennifer L ^a   Dobeck, Laura ^b   Spangler, Lee ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide flow and transport; Detection; Geologic carbon sequestration; Leakage; Monitoring; Seepage; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; LEAKAGE; LEAKAGE MONITORING; VADOSE ZONE;

ADVECTION; AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MONITORING; SEEPAGE; SOILS; WATER INJECTION;

SOIL TESTING;

ADVECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLOW MODELING; FLUID INJECTION; GAS TRANSPORT; LEAKAGE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; SATURATION; SEEPAGE; SOIL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

BOZEMAN; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749108151     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9361-x     Document Type: Article

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