Advective Heat Transport and the Salt Chimney Effect: A Numerical Analysis

Table 2

Nomenclature.

Symbol	Description	SI unit	Values
k	Permeability	m^2	2.50 × 10^−15
z	Thickness of reservoir	m	5000
β	Water expansivity	°C^−1	6.10 × 10^−4
∇T	Temperature change over domain	°C	125
g	Gravity	m^2 s^−1	9.8
kθ	Thermal diffusivity of saturated matrix	m^2 s^−1	1.43 × 10^−7
	Water viscosity	m^2 s^−1	6.30 × 10^−7
Γ	Ratio of volume heat capacity of saturated matrix to fluid	Dimensionless	0.80
γ	Coefficient of fluid density dependence on salinity	wt (%)^−1	0.01
Ra	Rayleigh number	Dimensionless
Pe	Péclet number	Dimensionless