Analytical and numerical modeling of CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 674-687

  Ozgur, E ^a   Gumrah F ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CO2 sequestration; Convection; Deep saline aquifer; Diffusion; Modeling; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION-DOMINATED; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; DIFFUSION AND CONVECTION; DIFFUSION MODELING; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DISPERSIVITY; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; DOMINANT PROCESS; FLUID PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODELING; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

CAPILLARITY; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFERS;

EID: 77949897109     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030802606145     Document Type: Article

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