Miscible Thermo-Viscous Fingering Instability in Porous Media. Part 1: Linear Stability Analysis

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 821-844

  Islam, M N ^a,b   Azaiez, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Alberta Innovates Technical Future ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

IVC approach; Linear stability analysis; Porous media; QSS approach; Thermo viscous fingering

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BASIC EQUATIONS; DESTABILIZING EFFECT; EXACT ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; EXPONENTIAL DEPENDENCE; FLUID PHASIS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; INITIAL VALUES; ISOTHERMAL FLOWS; IVC APPROACH; LEWIS NUMBERS; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; MOBILITY RATIOS; POROUS MEDIA; QSS APPROACH; QUASI STEADY STATE APPROXIMATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL LAG; THERMAL MOBILITY; TWO PARAMETER; VISCOUS FINGERING;

EQUATIONS OF STATE; POROUS MATERIALS;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

FINGERING; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77956010259     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9555-2     Document Type: Article

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