Numerical Simulation Studies of the Long-term Evolution of a CO2 Plume in a Saline Aquifer with a Sloping Caprock

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-151

  Pruess, Karsten ^a   Nordbotten, Jan ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capillary effects; CO2 plume; Enhanced dissolution; Long term fate; Numerical simulation; Sloping aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CAPROCK; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; GAS INJECTION; GRIDDING; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; LONG-TERM FATE; MIGRATION DISTANCE; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; SALINE AQUIFERS; SLOPING AQUIFERS; SUB-GRID-SCALE MODELS; VERTICAL FLOWS;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; CAP ROCK; CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONVECTION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 80053573344     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9729-6     Document Type: Article

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