Dual poroelastic response of a coal seam to CO2 injection

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 668-678

  Wu, Yu ^a,b   Liu, Jishan ^b   Elsworth, Derek ^c   Chen, Zhongwei ^b   Connell, Luke ^d   Pan, Zhejun ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal swelling; Dual poroelasticity; Gas sorption; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FLOW OF GASES; FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POROSITY; SORPTION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COAL SWELLING; CONTINUOUS FRACTURES; DUAL POROELASTICITY; DUAL POROSITY MEDIUM; GAS SORPTION; MECHANICAL BOUNDARIES; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; RESULTANT DEFORMATION;

STRESSES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ADSORPTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL SEAM; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; DEFORMATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID INJECTION; GAS FLOW; GAS TRANSPORT; IN SITU STRESS; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY; POROSITY; SWELLING;

EID: 77952585434     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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