Pore-scale simulation of dispersion in porous media

SPE Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-567

  Garmeh, G ^a   Johns, R T ^a   Lake, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DISPERSIONS; MIXING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TRACERS; WELL SPACING;

CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DISPERSION SOLUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; PORE-SCALE SIMULATION; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SCALE HETEROGENEITIES; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 76349114964     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/110228-PA     Document Type: Article

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