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Fluid Model Studies of the Storage of Freshwater in Saline Aquifers
Author(s) -
Kimbler Oscar K.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr006i005p01522
Subject(s) - aquifer , petroleum engineering , environmental science , dispersion (optics) , flow (mathematics) , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , geology , groundwater , mechanics , physics , optics
Flow studies in artificial sandstone models have been used to test and validate a computational technique for predicting the recovery of freshwater stored in saline aquifers. These studies indicate the physical and operational conditions under which such storage should be technically feasible, and show that gravitational effects are usually a much more important cause of poor freshwater recovery than is dispersion.