Pore scale modeling of reactive transport involved in geologic CO2 sequestration

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 197-213

  Kang, Qinjun ^a   Lichtner, Peter C ^a   Viswanathan, Hari S ^a   Abdel Fattah, Amr I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geologic CO2 sequestration; Lattice Boltzmann method; Pore scale modeling; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SPECIES; CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTION; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN MODELS; MULTICOMPONENTS; PORE SCALE; PORE-SCALE MODELING; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SATURATED BRINES; SCALE MODELS;

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; DROP FORMATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POROUS MATERIALS; SODIUM;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

EID: 76749160671     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9443-9     Document Type: Article

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