Effect of flow rate on imbibition three-phase relative permeabilities and capillary pressures

Energy Sources

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-135

  Akin, Serhat ^a   Demiral, M R Birol ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Relative permeability; Three phase flow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

CAPILLARY PRESSURES;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035262764     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310151092290     Document Type: Article

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