Impact of capillary hysteresis and trapping on vertically integrated models for CO2 storage

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 465-474

  Doster, F ^a,b   Nordbotten, J M ^a,b   Celia, M A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

CO2 storage; Hysteresis; Multiphase flow; Porous media; Trapping; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; CAPILLARY FRINGE; CAPILLARY HYSTERESIS; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; INTEGRATED MODELS; PLUME MIGRATION; TRAPPING; UPSCALING;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYSTERESIS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLOW MODELING; HYSTERESIS; POROUS MEDIUM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRAPPING; UPSCALING;

EID: 84888845819     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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