Pore-scale trapping of supercritical CO2 and the role of grain wettability and shape

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3878-3882

  Chaudhary, Kuldeep ^a   Bayani Cardenas, M ^a   Wolfe, William W ^a   Maisano, Jessica A ^a   Ketcham, Richard A ^a   Bennett, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 capillary trapping; grain shape; pore scale; two phase flow; wettability; X ray CT scanning

Indexed keywords

CO2 CAPILLARY TRAPPING; GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATIONS; GRAIN SHAPES; PORE-SCALE; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SUPERCRITICAL CO; X-RAY CT;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER INJECTION; WETTING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOODING; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84880873444     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50658     Document Type: Article

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