Sharp front capturing method for carbon dioxide plume propagation during injection into a deep confined aquifer

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1431-1440

  Liu, Yongzhong ^a   Wang, Le ^a   Yu, Bo ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; BRINE FLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DISPLACEMENT PROCESS; FRONT CAPTURING; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; INJECTION DURATIONS; INJECTION RATES; INJECTION WELLS; INTERFACIAL DYNAMICS; INTERFACIAL REGION; LEVEL SET METHOD; LINEAR FRACTIONS; MASS FLUX; MIGRATION DISTANCE; MODEL EQUATIONS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; PLUME PROPAGATION; RAPID IDENTIFICATION; SALINE AQUIFERS; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE-PHASE FLUID; TIME-DEPENDENT;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 77649161246     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef9010498     Document Type: Article

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