Comparison of numerical codes for geochemical modelling of CO2 storage in target sandstone reservoirs

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1805-1816

  Gundogan, Ozgur ^a   Mackay, Eric ^a   Todd, Adrian ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical reactions; CO2 sequestration; Dissolution; Geochemical simulation; North Sea; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIELD SCALE; FORMATION FLUIDS; FORMATION WATER; GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; GEOCHEMICAL SIMULATION; KINETIC MODELS; NORTH SEA; NUMERICAL CODE; PHREEQC; REPLACEMENT REACTIONS; SANDSTONE CORES; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; STORAGE SECURITY; THERMODYNAMIC DATABASE; TOUGHREACT; TRAPPING MECHANISMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; FORECASTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NETWORK SECURITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79960726327     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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