CO2 dissolution in the presence of background flow of deep saline aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2595-2615

  Emami Meybodi, Hamid ^a   Hassanzadeh, Hassan ^a   Ennis King, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

background flow; CO2 dissolution; CO2 sequestration; free and forced convection; saline aquifers

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXING; VELOCITY;

BACKGROUND FLOW; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; POTENTIAL STORAGE SITES; RATE OF DISSOLUTIONS; SALINE AQUIFERS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONVECTION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MIXING; PLUME; SALINITY;

EID: 84929643163     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016659     Document Type: Article

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