Experimental Characterization of Porosity Structure and Transport Property Changes in Limestone Undergoing Different Dissolution Regimes

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 507-532

  Luquot, L ^a,b   Rodriguez, O ^a,c   Gouze, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

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

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

CO2 storage; Permeability porosity relationships; Structural heterogeneities

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; LIMESTONE DISSOLUTION; MACROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; MICROTOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; PERMEABILITY INCREASE; PERMEABILITY-POROSITY RELATIONSHIPS; PREFERENTIAL DISSOLUTION; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY;

DISSOLUTION; GEOMETRY; LIMESTONE; MICROPOROUS MATERIALS; POROSITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BRINE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DARCY LAW; DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULICS; LIMESTONE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84893672147     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-013-0257-4     Document Type: Article

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