Interplay of phase behavior and numerical dispersion in finite-difference compositional simulation

SPE Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-201

  Jessen, Kristian ^a   Stenby, Erling H ^b   Orr, Franklin M ^c  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS OILS; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLUBILITY;

COARSE GRID NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATION; GAS INJECTION; NUMERICAL DISPERSION; PHASE BEHAVIOR;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 4344618146     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/88362-PA     Document Type: Article

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