Development of a viscoelastic property database for EOR polymers

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1404-1419

  Kim, Do Hoon ^a   Lee, Seungjun ^a   Ahn, Chong Hyun ^a   Huh, Chun ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW VELOCITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROUS MATERIALS; RELAXATION TIME; SHEAR THINNING; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

APPARENT VISCOSITY; CRITICAL VELOCITIES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; GENERALIZED MAXWELL MODEL; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; SHEAR-THICKENING BEHAVIOR; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 77954179709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/129971-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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