Analytical solutions to multiphase first-contact miscible models with viscous fingering

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-373

  Juanes, Ruben ^a,c   Blunt, Martin J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Detached branches; Hugoniot locus; Miscible flooding; Optimum WAG ratio; Riemann problem; Viscous fingering; Water alternating gas

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DETACHED BRANCHES; HUGONIOT LOCUS; MISCIBLE FLOODING; OPTIMUM WAG RATIO; RIEMANN PROBLEM; VISCOUS FINGERING; WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS (WAG);

VISCOUS FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

FINGERING; FLOODING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 33744926937     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-005-5049-z     Document Type: Article

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