A Phase-partitioning model for CO2-brine mixtures at elevated temperatures and pressures: Application to CO2-enhanced geothermal systems

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-196

  Spycher, Nicolas ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine; Carbon dioxide; CO2; EGS; Enhanced Geothermal System; Multiphase Flow; Mutual solubility; Phase partitioning; Solubility; Water Flow

Indexed keywords

CO2; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; MUTUAL SOLUBILITY; PHASE PARTITIONING; WATER FLOWS;

BRINES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLOW OF WATER; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; HYDRAULICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TERNARY SYSTEMS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; WATER INJECTION;

SOLUBILITY;

BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITIONING; SOLUBILITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 76749142887     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9425-y     Document Type: Article

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