Effect of connectivity and wettability on the relative permeability of NAPLs

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1437-1447

  Chang, Liang Cheng ^a   Chen, Hung Hui ^a,b   Shan, Hsin Yu ^a   Tsai, Jui Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Min Hsin University Science Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Imbibition; Micro channel; Micro model; NAPLs; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLIDS; WETTING;

CONNECTIVITY; IMBIBITION; MICRO CHANNEL; MICRO MODEL; NAPLS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

CONNECTIVITY; DIGITAL IMAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; HYSTERESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMBIBITION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; RESERVOIR; WETTABILITY;

EID: 58849134341     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1238-8     Document Type: Article

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