An effective continuum model for the gas evolution in internal steam drives

SPE Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-271

  Tsimpanogiannis, Ioannis N ^a   Yortsos, Yannis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SUPERSATURATION;

FRACTION; GAS EVOLUTION; INTERNAL STEAM DRIVES; SCALING ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 0141988602     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/85935-PA     Document Type: Article

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