Spontaneous imbibition of water into cylindrical cores with high aspect ratio: Numerical and experimental results

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-160

  Standnes, Dag Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capillary diffusivity coefficient; Spontaneous imbibition

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY DIFFUSIVITY COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION EQUATION; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION;

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAPILLARY FLOW; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; WATER;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAPILLARY FLOW; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; WATER;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

EID: 31644440266     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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