Simulation of three-phase displacement experiments

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-245

  Hicks Jr , Paul J ^a   Grader, Abraham S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptical; Relative permeability; Residual saturations; Three phase

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARAFFINS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER;

BENZYL ALCOHOL; DECANE; GRAVITY SEGREGATION; INITIAL CONDITION; RESIDUAL SATURATION; THREE PHASE DISPLACEMENT;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0030211895     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00139846     Document Type: Article

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