On the detection of leakage pathways in geological CO2 storage systems using pressure monitoring data: Impact of model parameter uncertainties

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-124

  Jung, Yoojin ^a   Zhou, Quanlin ^a   Birkholzer, Jens T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early leakage detection; Geological carbon storage; Model parameter uncertainty; Pressure monitoring; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); INVERSE PROBLEMS; MONITORING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION;

CARBON STORAGE; LEAKAGE DETECTION; LEAKAGE PARAMETERS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PRESSURE MONITORING; UNCERTAIN MODELING; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LEAKAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 84955616367     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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