The local geometry ofgGas injection into saturated homogeneous porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-127

  Selker, John S ^a,e   Niemet, Michael ^b   Mcduffie, Norton G ^c   Gorelick, Steven M ^d   Parlange, Jean Yves ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c Stanford University ^*

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond number; Bouyant flow; Capillary number; Fingered flow; Gas flow; Gas sparging

Indexed keywords

BOND NUMBER; BUOYANT FLOW; BUOYANT GRADIENT; CAPILLARY NUMBER; FINGERED FLOW; GAS INJECTION;

BUOYANCY; CAPILLARY FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIAL FLOW;

FLOW OF GASES;

BUOYANCY; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW OF GASES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIAL FLOW;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLUID INJECTION; GAS FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIAL FLOW; SATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 34250841306     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-0005-0     Document Type: Article

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