Effects of physical parameter range on dimensionless variable sensitivity in water flooding reservoirs

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 385-391

  Bai, Yu Hu ^a   Li, Jia Chun ^a   Zhou, Ji Fu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dimensionless variable; Physical parameter range; Sensitivity analysis; Two phase flow in porous media; Water flooding reservoir

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POROUS MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING;

DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLE; PHYSICAL PARAMETER RANGE; POROUS MEDIA; TWO-PHASE FLOW; WATER FLOODING RESERVOIR;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33845214648     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-006-0001-1     Document Type: Article

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