Experimental study of phase transformation effects on relative permeabilities in fractures

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1907-1921

  Chen, Chih Ying ^a   Li, Kewen ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPHASE FLOWS; ROUGH-WALLED FRACTURES; STEAM-WATER FLOWS; VISCOUS COUPLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GASES; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NITROGEN; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 22044431736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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