Analysis of U-tube sampling data based on modeling of CO2 injection into CH4 saturated aquifers

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-168

  Li, Jun ^a   Li, Xiaochun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK AND SOIL MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 sequestration; CO2 CH4 brine; dissolved methane; numerical simulation; thermodynamic modeling; U tube sampling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CO2 GEOLOGICAL STORAGES; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLVED METHANE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84927168017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21523878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1454     Document Type: Article

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