Introduction to Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of CO2 Sequestration in Various Types of Reservoirs

Ramesh Agarwal is currently the William Palm Professor Chair at Washington University in St. Louis. Previously, he was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University, Kansas and the Program Director and McDonnell Douglas Fellow at McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories in St. Louis. Dr. Agarwal received his PhD from Stanford University, M.S. from the University of Minnesota and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He is the author and coauthor of over 600 publications. He has given many plenary, keynote and invited lectures in over sixty countries. He is a Fellow of 24 professional societies American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He has received many prestigious national/international awards including the SAE Medal of Honor, ASME Honorary Fellowship and Honorary Fellowship from Royal Aeronautical Society. Dr. Danqing Liu is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences in China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, China. She received her PhD from China University of Geosciences. She is the author and co-author of nearly 50 papers in many prestigious journals in the area of CCS in saline aquifers, shale, basalt and other reservoirs.

1. Introduction 2. Properties of Reservoirs/Caprock and Co2 3. Geological Sequestration of Co2 in Deep Saline Aquifers 4. Co2 Storage in Basaltic Reservoir 5. Co2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (Co2-Eor) 6. Co2 Enhanced Gas Recovery (Co2-Egr) 7. Co2 Enhanced Geothermal System Recovery (Co2-Egs) 8. Co2 Enhanced Shale Gas Recovery (Co2-Esgr) 9. Co2 Enhanced Water Recovery (Co2-Ewr)