Micellar/polymer physical-property models for contaminant cleanup problems and enhanced oil recovery

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-79

  Khan, Sameer A ^a   Pope, Gary A ^b   Trangenstein, John A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

EOR; Physical properties; Polymer; Remediation; SEAR; Simulation; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICELLES; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CAPILLARY DESATURATION; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CONTAMINANT CLEANUP; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; COSOLVENT; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PHASE BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POLYMER SHEAR THINNING; SALINITY EFFECT;

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

CONTAMINANTS; RECOVERY TECHNIQUES;

CONTAMINATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER; REMEDIATION; SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT ENHANCED AQUIFER REMEDIATION;

EID: 0030184141     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00175603     Document Type: Article

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