A general coupled kinetic adsorption/precipitation transport model for scale inhibitor retention in porous media: I. Model formulation

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 10th SPE International Conference on Oilfield Scale 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 295-308

  Sorbie, K S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETICS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; POROUS MATERIALS; SCALE (DEPOSITS);

APPARENT ADSORPTION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIAS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MINERAL SCALE FORMATION; RETENTION MECHANISM; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TRANSPORT MODELING;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 77957954475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/130702-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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