Hysteretic trapping and relative permeability of CO2 in sandstone at reservoir conditions

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-27

  Ruprecht, Catherine ^a   Pini, Ronny ^c   Falta, Ronald ^a   Benson, Sally ^b   Murdoch, Lawrence ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteretic relative permeability; Hysteretic trapping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOODS; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; WETTING;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HYSTERETIC TRAPPING; IMBIBITION PROCESS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; STEADY-STATE METHOD; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HYSTERESIS; IMBIBITION; PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE; SATURATION; TOMOGRAPHY; WETTING;

BEREA; LESOTHO;

EID: 84901411179     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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