Predictive pore-scale modeling of two-phase flow in mixed wet media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Valvatne, Per H ^a,b   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Geologically realistic networks; Multiphase flow; Pore scale modeling; Relative permeability; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; TOPOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

BEREA SANDSTONE; WETTABILITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; PORE SIZE; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; WETTING;

BEREA SANDSTONE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; WETTABILITY;

EID: 4143081401     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002627     Document Type: Article

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