Toughreact version 2.0: A simulator for subsurface reactive transport under non-isothermal multiphase flow conditions

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 763-774

  Xu, Tianfu ^a   Spycher, Nicolas ^a   Sonnenthal, Eric ^a   Zhang, Guoxiang ^a   Zheng, Liange ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 geological storage; Environmental remediation; Multi phase flow; Nuclear waste geological disposal; Reactive transport; TOUGHREACT

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; NUCLEAR WASTE GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; TOUGHREACT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOW SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GAS STORAGE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79957538320     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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