Small-scale modelling of the physiochemical impacts of CO2 leaked from sub-seabed reservoirs or pipelines within the North Sea and surrounding waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 504-515

  Dewar, Marius ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   McNeil, David ^a   Chen, Baixin ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Carbon dioxide; Droplets; Leakage; Modelling

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL OCEAN MODELING; OCEAN WATER; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; PLUME DYNAMICS; SEA FLOOR; SMALL SCALE; TWO-FLUID; WATER SURFACE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DROPS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MODELS; PIPELINES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLUTION; DROPLET; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LEAKAGE; MODELING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LEAKAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MASS TRANSFER SUB MODEL; MODEL; MOMENTUM EXCHANGE SUB MODEL; NORTH SEA; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PIPELINE; PLUME; PLUME DISPERSION; PLUME DYNAMICS; RESERVOIR; SIMULATION; TWO PHASE SMALL SCALE OCEAN NUMERICAL MODEL;

BUBBLES; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROPLETS; LEAKAGE; MODELLING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NORTH SEA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84883460968     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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