Pore-scale simulation of density-driven convection in fractured porous media during geological CO2 sequestration

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Cheng ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; BODY FORCES; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; CRITICAL TIME; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; FIELD SCALE; FRACTURE WIDTH; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; HIGH-RA; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS; MAIN COMPONENT; MAXIMUM PEAKS; PORE-SCALE SIMULATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SIMULATED DATA; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONVECTION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SALINITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78649345851     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009453     Document Type: Article

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