A Study of Microscale Gas Trapping Using Etched Silicon Micromodels

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 647-668

  Buchgraber, Markus ^a   Kovscek, Anthony R ^a   Castanier, Louis M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Dissolution; Imbibition; Micromodel; Residual gas saturation

Indexed keywords

BEREA SANDSTONE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPLETE DISSOLUTION; DISSOLUTION MECHANISM; FOUR-GROUP; GAS BUBBLE; GAS SATURATIONS; GAS TRAPPING; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; IMBIBITION; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICRO-SCALES; MICROMODEL; MICROMODELS; NEAR WELLBORE; PORE SPACE; PORE WALL; RESIDUAL GAS SATURATION; RESIDUAL SATURATION; STORAGE TIME; TRAILING EDGES; TRAPPING MECHANISMS; VIDEO FOOTAGE; WATER IMBIBITION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DIGITAL STORAGE; DISSOLUTION; FLOW RATE; PHOTOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLUTION; ETCHING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; GAS; IMMOBILIZATION; MINERALIZATION; ROUGHNESS; SATURATION; SILICON;

EID: 84868623071     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-012-0067-0     Document Type: Article

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