Spatially varying fractional flow in radial CO2-brine displacement

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Mijic, Ana ^a   Laforce, Tara C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE DISPLACEMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FIXED TIME; FORCHHEIMER EQUATION; FRACTIONAL FLOW; GAS PHASE FLOW; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; INJECTION WELLS; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; NON-DARCY FLOW; NONLINEAR FLOW; RADIAL DISPLACEMENTS; RADIAL DISTANCE; SALINE AQUIFERS; SATURATION PROFILES;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); POROUS MATERIALS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; DARCY LAW; DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE FLOW; GAS PHASE REACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATURATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84865973922     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010961     Document Type: Article

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