A method for incorporating equilibrium chemical reactions into multiphase flow models for CO2 storage

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 431-441

  Saaltink, Maarten W ^a   Vilarrasa, Victor ^a,b,c   De Gaspari, Francesca ^a,b   Silva, Orlando ^d   Carrera, Jesús ^b   Rötting, Tobias S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING S L   (Spain)

Author keywords

CO2 sequestration; Density dependent flow; Multiphase flow; Numerical models; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; DENSITY DEPENDENT FLOW; HEAT AND MASS TRANSPORTS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; MULTI-PHASE FLOW MODELS; POROSITY DEVELOPMENT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MINERALS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NEUTRALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 84888852678     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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