Role of partial miscibility on pressure buildup due to constant rate injection of CO 2 into closed and open brine aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Mathias, Simon A ^a   Gluyas, Jon G ^a   González Martínez De Miguel, Gerardo J ^a,b   Hosseini, Seyyed A ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ERC Equipoise Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BRINE EVAPORATION; CLOSED FORM; CONSTANT RATE; DRY-OUT; EFFECT OF CO; FLUID PROPERTY; ON CURRENTS; PARTIAL MISCIBILITY; PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT; PRESSURE BUILD UP; RESIDUAL BRINES; RICH PHASE; SALT PRECIPITATION; SHOCK FRONTS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SPACE AND TIME; SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE; STORAGE CAPACITY; VERTICAL PRESSURE;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUBILITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESSURE EFFECT; SALT; SATURATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84055188742     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011051     Document Type: Article

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