A look at dispersion in porous media through computed tomography imaging

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Peters, Ekwere J ^a   Gharbi, Ridha ^a   Afzal, Nadeem ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

HETEROGENEITY; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; SANDPACK; TRACER TESTS; X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

DISPERSIONS;

DISPERSION; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030186071     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-4105(95)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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