Upscaling, relaxation and reversibility of dispersive flow in stratified porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-218

  Berentsen, C W J ^a,b   Kruijsdijk, C P J W ^a,c   Verlaan, M L ^a,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d Shell International Exploration and Production   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Non Fickian dispersion; Relaxation; Reversibility; Stratified flow; Taylor dispersion; Tracer flow; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISPERSIVE TRACER; FICKIAN BEHAVIOUR; STRATIFIED FLOW; TAYLOR DISPERSION; UPSCALING;

POROUS MATERIALS;

DISPERSIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

EIGENVALUE; POROUS MEDIUM; STRATIFIED FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPSCALING;

EID: 34248151957     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9040-0     Document Type: Article

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