A new algorithm for rachford-rice for multiphase compositional simulation

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Eastern Regional/AAPG Eastern Section Joint Meeting 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 353-367

  Okuno, R ^a   Johns, R T ^a   Sepehrnoori, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; TEMPERATURE;

COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATORS; EQUILIBRIUM PHASIS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LINE SEARCH TECHNIQUE; LINEAR CONVERGENCE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUCCESSIVE SUBSTITUTIONS;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 70349468140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/117752-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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