Estimating effective rates of convective mixing from commercial-scale injection

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 527-535

  Mykkeltvedt, Trine S ^a   Nordbotten, Jan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

CO 2 storage; Convective mixing; Convective mixing rates

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE MIXING; FIELD SCALE; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STORAGE MECHANISM; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION;

MIXING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84865817186     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1674-3     Document Type: Article

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