Correlation of permeability loss by thermally-induced compaction due to grain expansion

Petrophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-361

  Civan, Faruk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction; Correlation; Grain expansion; Modified Kozeny Carman equation; Permeability; Porous rock; Temperature effect; Vogel Tammann Fulcher equation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CAPILLARITY; CORRELATION METHODS; FOOD PROCESSING; LIQUIDS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SOLIDS; THERMAL SPRAYING;

COMPACTION; CORRELATION; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GRAIN EXPANSION; MODIFIED-KOZENY-CARMAN EQUATION; PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY LOSS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; POROUS ROCK; PREDICTIVE METHODS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOGEL-TAMMANN-FULCHER EQUATION;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 49749109842     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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