Nonwetting phase residual saturation in sand packs

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 591-599

  Gittins, Paul ^a   Iglauer, Stefan ^a   Pentland, Christopher H ^a   Al Mansoori, Saleh ^a   Al Sayari, Saif ^a   Bijeljic, Branko ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary trapping; Carbon storage; Porous media; Residual saturation; Sand packs; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TRAPPING; CARBON STORAGE; POROUS MEDIA; RESIDUAL SATURATION; SAND PACKS;

AQUIFERS; BLOOD VESSELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; POROUS MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

SAND;

EID: 77958573863     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v13.i7.10     Document Type: Article

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