Accurate scale up of two phase flow using renormalization and nonuniform coarsening

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-87

  Wallstrom, Timothy C ^a   Hou, Shuling ^a   Christie, Michael A ^b   Durlofsky, Louis J ^c,d   Sharp A, David H ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiphase flow; Reservoir simulation; Upscaling; Waterflood

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SCALE EFFECT; TWO-PHASE FLOW; WATERFLOODING;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032836187     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011570724061     Document Type: Article

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