Fast and Robust Algorithm for Compositional Modeling: Part II - Two-Phase Flash Computations

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2355-2370

  Pan, Huanquan ^a   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a  

^a RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS CONDENSATES; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAS CONSTANT; HESSIAN MATRIX; MOLE FRACTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1142290662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71603-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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