Correlation of the two-phase flow coefficients of porous media with the rheology of shear-thinning fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-23

  Tsakiroglou, Christos D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capillary number; Capillary pressure; Invasion percolation; Pore network; Relative permeability; Shear thinning; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROUS MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW;

NEWTONIAN WETTING PHASE (WP); NONWETTING PHASES (NWP);

TWO PHASE FLOW;

DARCY LAW; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR THINNING; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 1842485015     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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