Experimental evidence of ultrasonic stimulation of brine-oil flow through a porous rock in laboratory conditions

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-333

  Tu, Xiaoyun ^a   Ooms, Gijsbert ^a   Tu, Fred ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BRINES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DROPS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BRINES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DROPS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; LABORATORY METHOD; OIL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 38349094856     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9102-y     Document Type: Article

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