The impact of geochemistry on convective mixing in a gravitationally unstable diffusive boundary layer in porous media: CO2 storage in saline aquifers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 673, Issue , 2011, Pages 480-512

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

buoyancy driven instability; buoyant boundary layers; geophysical and geological flows

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUOYANCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MIXING; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION RATES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; BUOYANT BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; DIFFUSIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DISSOLVED CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FLOWS; SOURCE OF INSTABILITY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY LAYER; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; EIGENVALUE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VORTICITY;

EID: 79956007811     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010006282     Document Type: Article

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