Results and Publications

Research Areas & Activities Solar Energy Biomass Energy Hydrogen Advanced Combustion CO₂ Capture CO₂ Storage Multiphase Flow of CO₂ and Water in Reservoir Rocks Reactivity of CO₂ in the Subsurface Linking Chemical and Physical Effects of CO₂ Injection to Geophysical Parameters Collaborative Research on Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers in China Experimental Investigations of Multiphase Flow and Trapping of CO₂ in Saline Aquifers Geologic Storage of CO₂ in Coal Beds A Numerical Simulation Framework for CO₂ Sequestration Geophysical Monitoring of Geologic Sequestration Seal Capacity of Potential CO₂ Sequestration Sites Rapid Prediction of Subsurface CO₂ Movement Advanced Materials & Catalysts Advanced Coal Advanced Transportation Advanced Electric Grid Grid Storage Other Renewables Integrated Assessment Advanced Nuclear Energy Geoengineering Exploratory Efforts All Activities Analysis Activities Technical Reports

Research

A Numerical Simulation Framework for CO₂ Sequestration

Start Date: January 2005
Status: Completed

Investigators

H. A. Tchelepi, L. J. Durlofsky, and K. Aziz, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University; Patrick Jenny, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland

Annual Reports

Publications

Riaz, A. and H. A. Tchelepi. “Dynamics of vertical displacement in porous media associated with CO2 sequestration.” SPE Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 305–313, doi:10.2118/103169-PA (2008).
Tyagi, M., P. Jenny, I. Lunati, and H. A. Tchelepi. “A lagrangian, stochastic modeling framework for multiphase flow in porous media.” Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 227, No. 13, pp. 6696-6714, doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2008.03.030 (2008).
Zhou, H., and H. A. Tchelepi. “Operator based multiscale method for compressible Flow.” (also SPE 106254) SPE Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 267–273, doi:10.2118/106254-PA (2008).

M. A. Hesse, H. A. Tchelepi, B. J. Cantwell, and F. M. Orr, Jr. Gravity currents in horizontal porous layers: Transition from early to late self-similarity. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 577, 2007
Riaz, A. and H. A. Tchelepi. “Stability of two-phase vertical flow in homogeneous porous media.” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 19, No. 7, pp. 072103-072117, doi:10.1063/1.2742975 (2007).
Y. Fan. Development of CO₂ modeling capabilities in Stanford General Purpose Reservoir Simulator, M.S Thesis, June 2006.
Zhou, H. “Multiscale Modeling of Compressible Multiphase Flow in Heterogenous Porous Media.” M.S Report, Stanford University (2006).
Riaz, A., Hesse, H., Tchelepi, H. A., & Orr, F. M., Jr. Onset of a Convection in a Gravitationally Unstable Diffusive Boundary Layer in Porous Media. J. Fluid Mech. 548, 87-111 (2006)
Riaz, A., & Tchelepi, H. A. Numerical Simulation of Immiscible Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media. Phys. Fluids 18, 014104 (2006)

Updated October 2009