Numerical modeling of multiphase first-contact miscible flows. Part 2. Front-tracking/streamline simulation

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-120

  Juanes, Ruben ^a   Lie, Knut Andreas ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

Author keywords

Front tracking; Miscible displacement; Porous media; Riemann problem; Streamline simulation; Water alternating gas

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL FLOODING; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

FIRST-CONTACT MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; FRONT-TRACKING METHOD; RIEMANN SOLVER;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELL FLOODING; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 39049083382     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9139-y     Document Type: Article

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