Visualisation of mechanisms involved in CO2 injection and storage in hydrocarbon reservoirsand water-bearing aquifers

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1827-1840

  Riazi, Masoud ^a   Sohrabi, Mehran ^a   Bernstone, Christian ^b   Jamiolahmady, Mahmoud ^a   Ireland, Shaun ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capillary trapping; CO2 injection; CO2 storage; Dissolution trapping; High pressure micromodel; Multiphase flow; Pore scale mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TRAPPING; COMPLEX MECHANISMS; DEPLETED OIL RESERVOIRS; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; FLOW VISUALISATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROMODEL TESTS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PORE SCALE; RESERVOIR FLUID; SALINE AQUIFERS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STORAGE CAPACITY; STORAGE CONDITION; STORAGE SITES; SUB-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL CO; TRAPPING MECHANISMS;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SITE SELECTION; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79960723184     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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