Numerical analysis of a new stochastic bubble population foam model

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 708-721

  Zitha, P L J ^a   Du, D X ^a   Uijttenhout, M G H ^a,b   Nguyen, Q P ^a,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOAM FLOW; GAS RECOVERY; MACROSCOPIC MODELING; STOCHASTIC BUBBLE POPULATION (SBP);

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOAM CONTROL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745700084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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