Dynamic effects in capillary pressure-saturations relationships for two-phase flow in 3D porous media: Implications of micro-heterogeneities

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1927-1947

  Mirzaei, Mahsanam ^a   Das, Diganta Bhusan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Aspect ratio; Capillary pressure; Dynamic coefficient; Dynamic effects; Micro heterogeneity; Porous media; Relative permeability; Saturation; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW OF WATER; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DYNAMIC COEFFICIENT; MICRO HETEROGENEITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW OF WATER; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33847174559     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.12.039     Document Type: Article

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