Laboratory flow experiments for visualizing carbon dioxide-induced, density-driven brine convection

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-139

  Kneafsey, Timothy J ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Density driven convection; Induction time

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE OF CELLS; AQUEOUS PHASE; CAP ROCK; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONVECTION SYSTEMS; DISSOLUTION RATES; FLOW EXPERIMENTS; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; HELE-SHAW CELLS; INDUCTION TIME; LOW PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ONSET-TIME; SALINE AQUIFERS; STORAGE SECURITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEST CELL; TIME-SERIES DATA; WATER INTERFACE;

AQUIFERS; BUOYANCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDROGEOLOGY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONFINED AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MODELING; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 76749165232     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9482-2     Document Type: Article

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