Front Tracking Using a Hybrid Analytical Finite Element Approach for Two-Phase Flow Applied to Supercritical CO2 Replacing Brine in a Heterogeneous Reservoir and Caprock

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 545-573

  McDermott, Christopher I ^a   Bond, Alexander E ^b   Wang, Wenqing ^c,d   Kolditz, Olaf ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUINTESSA LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caprock integrity; CO2 sequestration; Front tracking; Hybrid analytical numerical; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE-GRID METHOD; ADVECTIVE VELOCITY; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CAPROCK; COUPLED PROCESS; DISCRETISATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE VOLUME SIMULATIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; FLUID FLUID INTERFACES; FRONT TRACKING; GRID ADAPTATION; GRID BASED TECHNIQUES; GRID SIZE; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; HYBRID ANALYTICAL NUMERICAL; INTERFACE TRACKING METHOD; LEVEL SET METHOD; OIL WATER; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SATURATION VALUES; SUPERCRITICAL CO; VELOCITY FIELD; VISCOUS FINGERING; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR ROCK; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 80053978783     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9799-5     Document Type: Article

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