Experimental study of carbon dioxide diffusion in oil-saturated porous media under reservoir conditions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 9307-9317

  Li, Zhaowen ^a,b   Dong, Mingzhe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PLUGS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION MEASUREMENTS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GASPHASE; HIGH-PRESSURE FLUIDS; INDUCED CONVECTIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OIL PHASE; OIL RESERVOIRS; OIL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS ROCKS; PRESSURE CHANGE; PRESSURE DECAY; PRESSURE DIFFUSION; PROJECT DESIGNS; RADIAL DIFFUSION; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SATURATED CORES; SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; VOID SPACE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE SAMPLES; DIFFUSION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 70350266237     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900145c     Document Type: Article

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