Nonequilibrium effects in models of three-phase flow in porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 661-673

  Juanes, Ruben ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic capillary pressure; Dynamic relative permeability; Elliptic regions; Multiphase flow; Nonequilibrium models; Porous media

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

DYNAMIC CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DYNAMIC RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; GAS SATURATIONS; NONEQUILIBRIUM MODELS; WATER SATURATIONS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MODELING; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; THREE PHASE FLOW;

EID: 40649103597     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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