The role of capillarity in two-phase flow through porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-112

  Bentsen, Ramon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Capillary pressure; Cocurrent flow; Countercurrent flow; Fractional flow; Mobility; Porous media; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

CAPILLARITY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MOBILITY; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0037399757     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021203705402     Document Type: Article

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