An experimental study of controlled gas-phase combustion in porous media for enhanced recovery of oil and gas

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-71

  Sanmiguel, Javier E ^a   Mehta, S A Raj ^a   Moore, R Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excess enthalpy combustion; Filtrational combustion; Gas phase; High pressure combustion; Porous media

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; ENTHALPY; NATURAL GAS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE;

ELEVATED PRESSURES; EXCESS ENTHALPY; FILTRATIONAL COMBUSTION; GAS FLOW RATE; GAS PHASE COMBUSTION; HIGH PRESSURE COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 10644236407     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1510522     Document Type: Article

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