Visualization of three phases in porous media using micro computed tomography

Petrophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 490-498

  Alvarado, Freddy E ^a   Grader, Abraham S ^a   Karacan, Ozgen ^a   Halleck, Phillip M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS INJECTION; INTER-GRANULAR PORES; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; QUARTZ; SURFACE TENSION;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 10944269020     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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