Numerical modeling of multiphase first-contact miscible flows. Part 1. Analytical Riemann solver

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-393

  Juanes, Ruben ^a   Lie, Knut Andreas ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; First contact miscible displacement; Front tracking; Porous media; Riemann problem; Shocks; Water alternating gas

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; FIRST-CONTACT MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; MISCIBLE FLOWS; RIEMANN PROBLEM; WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 33947260065     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9031-1     Document Type: Article

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