Upscaling of CO2 vertical migration through a periodic layered porous medium: The capillary-free and capillary-dominant cases

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1164-1175

  Mouche, Emmanuel ^a   Hayek, Mohamed ^a   Mügler, Claude ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Capillarity; Geological CO2 sequestration; Heterogeneity; Two phase flow; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION; BELL-SHAPED FUNCTIONS; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CONTINUITY CONDITIONS; DRIVING FORCES; FLUX FUNCTION; GEOLOGICAL CO2 SEQUESTRATION; HARMONIC MEAN; HETEROGENEITY; PIECEWISE CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS; POROUS MEDIUM; UPSCALING; VERTICAL COLUMNS; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

AQUIFERS; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUOYANCY;

AQUIFER; BUOYANCY; CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; UPSCALING; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

EID: 77957018033     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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