Multiphase modeling of geologic carbon sequestration in saline aquifers

Groundwater

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 362-377

  Bandilla, Karl W ^a   Celia, Michael A ^b   Birkholzer, Jens T ^b   Cihan, Abdullah ^b   Leister, Evan C ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; GEOMECHANICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SOLVENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; GEOLOGIC CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; INVASION PERCOLATION; LOCAL SCALE HETEROGENEITIES; MODEL COMPLEXITY; MULTIPHASE APPROACH; MULTIPHASE MODEL; VERTICAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SALINE INTRUSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC SALT;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POROSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; SALTS;

EID: 84928687031     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12315     Document Type: Article

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