Porous Media Compressed-Air Energy Storage (PM-CAES): Theory and Simulation of the Coupled Wellbore-Reservoir System

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-221

  Oldenburg, Curtis M ^a   Pan, Lehua ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer CAES; CAES; Compressed air energy storage; Wellbore flow

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; COMPRESSED AIR; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE VESSELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ENERGY STORAGE DENSITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RESERVOIR STORAGE; RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; RIGOROUS SIMULATION; WELLBORE FLOW;

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE;

AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 84874390240     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-012-0118-6     Document Type: Article

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