Numerical modelling of colloid transport in sets of parallel fractures with fracture skin

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 364, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Nair, Vinish V ^a   Thampi, Santosh G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Colloid transport; Fracture skin; Fractured formation; Kinetic deposition; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

COLLOID CONCENTRATION; COLLOID DEPOSITION; COLLOID PROPERTIES; COLLOID TRANSPORT; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE SURFACES; FRACTURED FORMATIONS; NUMERICAL FORMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARALLEL FRACTURES; PENETRATION DEPTH; ROCK FORMATIONS; ROCK MATRIX; SKIN SURFACES;

FRACTURE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 77953810602     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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