Feasibility of geoelectrical monitoring and multiphase modeling for process understanding of gaseous CO 2 injection into a shallow aquifer

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 447-462

  Lamert, Hendrik ^a   Geistlinger, H ^a   Werban, U ^a   Schutze C ^a   Peter, A ^b   Hornbruch, G ^b   Schulz, A ^a   Pohlert, M ^a   Kalia, S ^a   Beyer, M ^c   Grossmann J ^c   Dahmke, A ^b   Dietrich, P ^a,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c GICON GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; CO 2 leakage; Geoelectrical monitoring; Multiphase modeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ELECTRICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GASPHASE; GEOELECTRICAL; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; INITIAL INFORMATION; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; MIGRATION AND ACCUMULATION; MULTIPHASE MODELING; NEAR-SURFACE; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SITE-SPECIFIC; TEST SITE;

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMISSION CONTROL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONITORING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; LEAKAGE; MONITORING; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84865825119     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1669-0     Document Type: Article

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