A sequential numerical chemical compositional simulator

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-411

  Chen, Zhangxin ^a   Ma, Yuanle ^a,b   Chen, Guo ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical compositional flow; Chemical flooding; Contaminant flow; Enhanced oil recovery; Enhanced remediation; Numerical experiment; Petroleum reservoir

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MASS TRANSFER; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONAL FLOW; CHEMICAL FLOODING; CONTAMINANT FLOW; ENHANCED REMEDIATION; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MASS TRANSFER; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

FLOODING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PETROLEUM; SIMULATION;

EID: 34249990902     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9050-y     Document Type: Article

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