Experimental investigation of carbon dioxide trapping due to capillary retention in saline aquifers

Geofluids

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 563-576

  Li, X ^a   Akbarabadi, M ^b   Karpyn, Z T ^a   Piri, M ^b   Bazilevskaya, E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary trapping; Carbon sequestration; Initial residual CO2 saturation; Supercritical CO2; X ray micro computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BEREA SANDSTONE; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INJECTION; SALINITY; SATURATION;

EID: 84945292693     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12127     Document Type: Article

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