Sensitivity analysis of the dimensionless parameters in scaling a polymer flooding reservoir

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-37

  Bai, Yuhu ^a   Li, Jiachun ^b   Zhou, Jifu ^b   Li, Qingping ^a  

^a CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dimensionless parameter; Multiphase percolation; Polymer flooding; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPRESSIBILITY; GRAVITATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYMER SOLUTIONS; SCALING LAWS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY FORCE; MULTIPHASE PERCOLATION; POLYMER FLOODING RESERVOIR;

WELL FLOODING;

CAPILLARITY; COMPRESSIBILITY; GRAVITATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYMER SOLUTIONS; SCALING LAWS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY; WELL FLOODING;

ABSORPTION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR FLOODING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 41949093914     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9157-9     Document Type: Article

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