Laboratory experiments and numerical simulation studies of convectively enhanced carbon dioxide dissolution

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 5114-5121

  Kneafsey, Timothy J ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Density driven convection; Induction time

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DISSOLUTION; GREENHOUSE GASES; MINERALS; NETWORK SECURITY; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLUTION RATES; INDUCTION TIME; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; PERMEABLE FORMATIONS; SUPERCRITICAL PHASE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79955449471     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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