Microvisual Study of Multiphase Gas Condensate Flow in Porous Media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Coskuner, Gökhan ^a  

^a Scientific Software Intercomp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bond number; Capillary number; Condensation; Gas condensate flow; Gas reservoir; Micromodel; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATORS;

MICROMODEL; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

GAS CONDENSATES;

GAS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR;

GAS CONDENSATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0031182240     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006505706431     Document Type: Article

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