Pore-scale and continuum modeling of gas flow pattern obtained by high-resolution optical bench-scale experiments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Geistlinger, Helmut ^a   Lazik, Detlef ^a   Krauss, Gunnar ^a   Vogel, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CHANNELIZED FLOW; COHERENCE CONDITIONS; CONTINUUM MODELING; FLOW PROPERTIES; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GAS FLOW PATTERNS; GAS FLOWS; GAS INJECTION; GAS SATURATIONS; GAUSSIAN; GEOMETRIC FORM; GLASS BEAD; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; LATERAL GAS; LENGTH SCALE; MICRO-CAPILLARY; OPTICAL BENCH; PORE SCALE; PULSE-LIKE; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; STEADY STATE; TWO-FLUID FLOW; VARIATIONAL TREATMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; WATER INJECTION;

GASES;

CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; GAS FLOW; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GLASS; GRAVIMETRY; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 67649878182     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006548     Document Type: Article

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