Mathematical modeling of the soaking period in a microbial enhanced oil recovery application

Energy Sources

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 871-877

  Behlulgil K ^a   Mehmetoglu M T ^a   Durgut, I ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clostridium acetobutylicum; Mathematical modeling; Microbial enhanced oil recovery; Shut in pressure simulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; OILS AND FATS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RECOVERY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BACTERIAL CONCENTRATION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONVECTIVE FORCES; DISPERSIVE FORCES; MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; SOAKING PERIOD;

ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 19244371588     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310390221282     Document Type: Article

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