Complex Multiphase Equilibrium Calculations by Direct Minimization of Gibbs Free Energy by Use of Simulated Annealing

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-41

  Pan, Huanquan ^a   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL RESERVOIR;

ALGORITHMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0002893980     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/37689-pa     Document Type: Article

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