A dual-porosity model for gas reservoir flow incorporating adsorption behaviour - Part I. Theoretical development and asymptotic analyses

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-173

  Lu, Meng ^a   Connell, Luke D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Asymptotic analysis; Diffusion; Dual porosity; Gas Reservoir; Integro differential equation; Permeability; Porous media; Sequestration of CO2

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF GASES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

DUAL-POROSITY MODEL; GAS RESERVOIR FLOW; STEP-TIME FUNCTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ADSORPTION; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF GASES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

ADSORPTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DARCY LAW; DIFFUSION; DUAL POROSITY; GAS FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34248170223     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9030-2     Document Type: Article

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