Relative permeability hysteresis and capillary trapping characteristics of supercritical CO2/brine systems: An experimental study at reservoir conditions

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 190-206

  Akbarabadi, Morteza ^a   Piri, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary trapping; Geological CO2 sequestration; Hysteresis; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TRAPPING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW EXPERIMENTS; FLUID SYSTEMS; FRACTIONAL FLOW; GEOLOGICAL CO2 SEQUESTRATION; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; IMBIBITION PROCESS; POST-IMBIBITION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY HYSTERESIS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; ROCK SAMPLE; SCANNING CURVES; STEADY-STATE FLOWS; SUPERCRITICAL CO; TRAPPING CHARACTERISTIC; UNSTEADY STATE;

DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW RATE; HYSTERESIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SANDSTONE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BRINE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYSTERESIS; PERMEABILITY; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 84870723825     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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