Investigation of CO 2 storage capacity in open saline aquifers with numerical models

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 886-892

  Wang, Yang ^a   Xu, Yaqin ^a   Zhang, Keni ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geological CO 2 sequestration; Numerical simulation; Saline aquifer; Storage capacity

Indexed keywords

3D NUMERICAL MODEL; BASIN SCALE; CAP ROCK; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; CO2 STORAGE; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; GEOLOGICAL CO 2 SEQUESTRATION; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; INJECTION SCHEMES; INJECTION WELLS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD; POROUS SPACE; RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; RESIDUAL GAS SATURATION; SALINE AQUIFERS; SALINE FORMATION; STORAGE CAPACITY; STORAGE CAPACITY ESTIMATION; STORAGE SITES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NUMERICAL MODELS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84863277645     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.1117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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