Diffusion mass transfer in miscible oil recovery: Visual experiments and simulation

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-184

  Hatiboglu, Can Ulas ^a   Babadagli, Tayfun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Dispersion; Free convection; Matrix fracture interaction; Miscible displacement; Naturally fractured reservoirs; Oil recovery

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DIFFUSION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID MECHANICS; FRACTALS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GARNETS; HYDROCARBONS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MINERAL OILS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PARAFFINS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLVENTS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; THEOREM PROVING;

BEAD MODELS; BULK DIFFUSIONS; BUOYANT FORCES; BUSINESS MEDIA; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION (DLA)]; DIFFUSION MASS; DISPLACEMENT DIRECTION; DISPLACEMENT PATTERNS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; FRACTAL PROPERTIES; FRACTAL TECHNIQUES; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT (HD); INVASION PERCOLATION; LIQUID SOLVENT; MISCIBLE OIL; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS (NFR); SOLVENT PHASE; STATIC CONDITIONS; STOCHASTIC MODEL (SM); VISUAL EXPERIMENTS;

AGGLOMERATION;

ALGORITHM; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; MASS TRANSFER; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 48649103835     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9189-1     Document Type: Article

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