Sensitivity Study of Simulation Parameters Controlling CO2 Trapping Mechanisms in Saline Formations

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 807-829

  Han, Weon Shik ^a   Kim, Kue Young ^b   Esser, Richard P ^c   Park, Eungyu ^d   McPherson, Brian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Geologic sequestration; Numerical simulation; Residual CO2 trapping; Spatial moment

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC ZONES; COMPLEX BEHAVIOR; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; FORMATION FLUIDS; GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATIONS; HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS; MIGRATION DISTANCE; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; PLUME MIGRATION; PORE VOLUME; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDUAL CO2 TRAPPING; SALINE FORMATION; SENSITIVITY PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; SPATIAL MOMENT; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TRAPPING MECHANISMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BUOYANCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MODELING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 81255157767     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9817-7     Document Type: Article

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