Visualization of natural convection flow of (sub-) and (super-) critical CO2 in aqueous and oleic systems by applying schlieren method

73rd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2011: Unconventional Resources and the Role of Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 4011-4023

  Khosrokhavar, R ^a   Elsinga, G ^a   Mojaddam, A ^a   Farajzadeh, R ^b   Bruining, J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Shell International Global Solutions BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENGINEERS; EXPERIMENTS; GASES; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIQUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PHASE INTERFACES; POROUS MATERIALS; SCHLIEREN SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

AQUEOUS PHASE; AQUEOUS SALT SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CONVECTION CURRENTS; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; GASPHASE; HIGH PRESSURE; IN-SITU; LOCAL DENSITY; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW; PARTIAL MOLAR VOLUME; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE CELL; PRESSURE INCREASE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SCHLIEREN METHOD; SCHLIEREN TECHNIQUES; SUPER-CRITICAL; VISUAL EXPERIMENTS; WATER PHASE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 80052490476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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