The coalbed methane transport model and its application in the presence of matrix shrinkage

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 968-974

  Zhang, Xianmin ^a   Tong, Dengke ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Coalbed methane; Matrix shrinkage; Numerical simulation; Permeability; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; CHEMISTRY; COAL DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GAS ADSORPTION; LIQUIDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METHANE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SHRINKAGE; SOLIDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COAL BED METHANE (CBM); DUAL-POROSITY; FULLY IMPLICIT METHOD; HISTORY MATCHING (HM); MATRIX SHRINKAGE; NON EQUILIBRIUM; ORTHOMIN ALGORITHM; PSEUDO-STEADY-STATE (PSS); RESERVOIR PRESSURES; SINGLE EQUATION; STRESS EFFECTS; SURFACE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TRANSPORT MODELLING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 44949169752     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-008-0056-2     Document Type: Article

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