An empirical theory for gravitationally unstable flow in porous media

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-527

  Farajzadeh, R ^a,b   Meulenbroek, B ^a   Daniel, D ^c   Riaz, A ^c   Bruining, J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; CO2 sequestration; Density driven natural convection; Enhanced mass transfer

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIUM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWO PHASE FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84877000322     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-012-9336-9     Document Type: Article

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