Volume conservation of the intermediate phase in three-phase pore-network models

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-173

  Sheppard, Adrian P ^a   Arns, Ji Youn ^b   Knackstedt, Mark A ^a   Pinczewski, W Val ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Double drainage; Enhanced oil recovery; Pore network models; Relative permeability; Three phase displacements

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FLOODS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POROSITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WETTING;

MULTI-PHASE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NON-WETTING FLUIDS; PORE-NETWORK MODELS; VOLUME CONSERVATION;

POROUS MATERIALS;

CAPILLARY FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 14844285398     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-004-1488-1     Document Type: Article

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