Mechanisms of Bubble Formation by Pressure Decline in Porous Media: A Critical Review

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1121-1130

  Bauget, F ^a   Lenormand, R ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; THERMODYNAMICS;

BUBBLE GROWTH; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; SUPERSATURATED LIQUIDS;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142290981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/77457-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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