Modeling the formation of fluid banks during counter-current flow in porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-138

  Li, G ^a   Karpyn, Z T ^b   Halleck, P M ^b   Grader, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure trajectory; Counter current flow; Fluid bank; Hysteresis; Scanning curves

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CAPILLARY HYSTERESIS LOOP; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COUNTER CURRENT FLOW; FLUID BANKS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; SCANNING CURVES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

FLOW MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 33244494437     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-005-0616-x     Document Type: Article

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