Effective parameters for two-phase flow in a porous medium with periodic heterogeneities

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 87-109

  Ataie Ashtiani, B ^a   Hassanizadeh, S M ^b   Oostrom, M ^c   Celia, M A ^d   White, M D ^c  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure saturation curve; Effective parameters; Heterogeneous porous media; Two phase flow; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; INFILTRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPL);

HYDROLOGY;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

HETEROGENEITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW; LIQUID; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SOIL;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 0035087678     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(00)00190-X     Document Type: Article

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