Generalized convection-diffusion model for subgrid transport in porous media

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 504-526

  Efendiev, Y ^a   Durlofsky, L J ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersivity; Heterogeneity; Reservoir simulation; Two phase flow; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CONVECTION-DIFFUSION MODELS; DISPERSIVITY; GLOBAL BOUNDARY CONDITION; HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; UPSCALING;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 35248882672     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1540345902413693     Document Type: Article

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