Experimental and numerical modeling of the mass transfer between rock matrix and fracture

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-204

  Trivedi, J J ^a   Babadagli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Enhanced oil recovery; Finite elements; Fractured reservoirs; Greenhouse gas sequestration; Groundwater contamination; Mass transfer; Matrix fracture interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DIFFUSION; FRACTURE; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; MASS TRANSPORTATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; POROUS MATERIALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FINITE ELEMENTS; FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; GREENHOUSE GAS SEQUESTRATION; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; MATRIX-FRACTURE INTERACTION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 59349096484     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.05.032     Document Type: Article

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