The effect of anisotropic dispersion on the convective mixing in long-term CO2 storage in saline aquifers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 561-570

  Ghesmat, Karim ^a   Hassanzadeh, Hassan ^a   Abedi, Jalal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mixing; Porous media; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC DISPERSION; ASSOCIATED MECHANISM; CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; CONVECTIVE MIXING; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DISPERSIVITY; FINGERING PATTERNS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; NONLINEAR NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POROUS MEDIA; SALINE AQUIFERS; SEQUESTRATION PROCESS; TRANSPORT; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; VELOCITY-DEPENDENT;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXING; POROUS MATERIALS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 79551706352     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12292     Document Type: Article

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