A globally-convergent flash calculation for constant K-values based on a parameterization of the tie-line field

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 981-996

  Juanes, R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD;

CONTINUOUS DEPENDENCE; FOUR COMPONENT SYSTEMS; GLOBALLY CONVERGENT; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; RACHFORD-RICE EQUATIONS; TRIANGULAR STRUCTURES;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 55249085206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113485-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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