Experimental study of crossover from capillary to viscous fingering for supercritical CO2-water displacement in a homogeneous pore network

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-218

  Wang, Ying ^a   Zhang, Changyong ^b   Wei, Ning ^a   Oostrom, Mart ^b   Wietsma, Thomas W ^b   Li, Xiaochun ^a   Bonneville, Alain ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FINGERING; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISPLACEMENT PROCESS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH INJECTION; INJECTION RATES; NON-WETTING FLUIDS; PORE NETWORKS; PORE SPACE; QUASI-STEADY CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SALINE AQUIFERS; SUPERCRITICAL CO; VISCOSITY RATIOS; VISCOUS FINGERING; WATER DISPLACEMENT;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POROSITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; VISCOSITY; WETTING FRONT;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; POROSITY; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 84871809058     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3014503     Document Type: Article

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