Numerical simulation of gas leakage in bedded salt rock storage cavern

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages 254-259

  Huang, Xiaolan ^a,b   Xiong, Jun ^c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedded salt rock; Gas storage cavity; Numerical simulation; Seepage leakage; Weak layer

Indexed keywords

CAVES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; SALT DEPOSITS; SALT MINES; SEEPAGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

BEDDED SALTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GAS STORAGE; OPERATING PRESSURE; SALT ROCK GAS STORAGES; SEALING PERFORMANCE; UNDERGROUND SALT CAVERNS; WEAK LAYER;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 80053010943     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.05.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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