Compositional space parameterization: Theory and application for immiscible displacements

SPE Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-440

  Voskov, D V ^a   HATchelepl, ^b  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLOW SIMULATION;

COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; GENERAL PURPOSE RESEARCH SIMULATORS; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; IMMISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; MULTICOMPONENT MULTIPHASE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATION;

PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 70350164173     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/106029-PA     Document Type: Article

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