The interaction between small clusters of cohesive particles and laminar flow: Coupled DEM/CFD approach

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 24-32

  Grof, Zdeněk ^c   Cook, John ^b   Lawrence, Christopher J ^d   Štěpánek, František ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

capillary forces; erosion; fluid flow; particle packing; particle fluid interaction; sand production

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCES; FLUID FLOW; PARTICLE PACKING; PARTICLE-FLUID INTERACTION; SAND PRODUCTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EROSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

FLUIDS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COHESION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EROSION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 63049087800     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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