An experimental investigation of the balance between capillary, viscous, and gravitational forces during CO2 injection into saline aquifers

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 4395-4402

  Polak, Szczepan ^a,b,c,d   Cinar, Yildiray ^c,d   Holt, Torleif ^a   Torsæter, Ole ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analogous fluids; Dimensionless numbers; Glass bead packs

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BRINES; CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE; GLASS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SITE SELECTION;

DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GLASS BEAD; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; POTENTIAL STORAGE SITES; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79955435018     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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