Tough+co2: A multiphase fluid-flow simulator for co2 geologic sequestration in saline aquifers

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 714-723

  Zhang, Keni ^a   Moridis, George ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 geologic sequestration; Modeling; Multiphase flow; Parallel computing; Saline aquifer; TOUGH+; TOUGH2

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATIONS; MODELING; PARALLEL COMPUTING; SALINE AQUIFERS; TOUGH+; TOUGH2;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUIDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PARALLEL FLOW; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SIMULATORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLOW; MASS BALANCE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79957554592     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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