Vorticity-based PEBI grids for improved upscaling of two phase flow

70th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2008: Leveraging Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 647-667

  Mahani, H ^a   Evazi, M ^b   Masihi, M ^b  

^a Shell ^*

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MESH GENERATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATORS; SOLAR RADIATION; VORTICITY;

ADVANCING FRONT METHOD; CARTESIAN GRID; COARSE GRID; COARSE MODELS; CUT-OFF; DELAUNAY TRIANGULATION; FINE GRIDS; FLOW EQUATIONS; FLUID FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; GRID GENERATION; GRID ORIENTATION; HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HOMOGENOUS REGION; LOWER RESOLUTION; NUMBER OF GRIDS; PEBI GRID; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; UPSCALING; USER NEED; VELOCITY FIELD; VORONOI;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 70449569482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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