Effects of ultrasonic waves on immiscible and miscible displacement in porous media

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 343-360

  Hamida, T ^a   TBabadagli, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCES; HELE-SHAW MODELS; OIL EXTRACTION; PERISTALTIC TRANSPORT;

CAPILLARITY; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

PETROLEUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644806606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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