Matrix heterogeneity effects on gas transport and adsorption in coalbed and shale gas reservoirs

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-304

  Fathi, Ebrahim ^a   Akkutlu, I Yücel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas adsorption kinetics; Heterogeneity; Macro kinetics; Macro transport; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ADSORBED GAS; COAL MATRIX; COALBEDS; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; GAS MASS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS RECOVERY; GAS RELEASE; GAS SHALES; GAS SORPTION; GAS TRANSPORT; GAS UPTAKE; GAUSSIANS; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEITY EFFECTS; KINETIC EFFECT; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; LOW PERMEABILITY; MATERIAL CONTENT; MATRIX; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; NON-EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION; NON-TRIVIAL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POROSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POROSITY FIELDS; POROUS MEDIUM; PRODUCTION RATES; RANDOM PARTITIONS; SHALE GAS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPECTRAL DOMAINS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; THIELE MODULUS; UPSCALING;

COAL DEPOSITS; GAS ADSORPTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METAL RECOVERY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SHALE; SORPTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

ADSORPTION; COALBED METHANE; GAS TRANSPORT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; SHALE; UPSCALING;

EID: 70350389686     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9359-4     Document Type: Article

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