Analysis of a compositional model for fluid flow in porous media

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 747-777

  Chen, Zhangxin ^a   Qin, Guan ^b   Ewing, Richard E ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOBIL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

COMPOSITIONAL MODEL; DARCY LAW; VOLUMETRIC FLOW VELOCITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0033719552     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139998333427     Document Type: Article

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