High-resolution simulation and characterization of density-driven flow in CO2 storage in saline aquifers

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-455

  Pau, George S H ^a   Bell, John B ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a   Almgren, Ann S ^a   Lijewski, Michael J ^a   Zhang, Keni ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Porous media

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; AQUEOUS PHASE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONVECTION-DOMINATED FLOW; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DENSITY DRIVEN FLOWS; DIFFUSION-CONVECTION; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; MODELING AND SIMULATION; ONSET-TIME; POROUS MEDIA; SALINE AQUIFERS; SECOND ORDERS; SEQUENTIAL ALGORITHM; SINGLE-PHASE MODEL; SPACE AND TIME; STABILIZED STATE; STRUCTURED ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SALINITY; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77950521285     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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