1D Simulations for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery with Metabolite Partitioning

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 785-802

  Nielsen, Sidsel M ^a   Shapiro, Alexander A ^a   Michelsen, Michael L ^a   Stenby, Erling H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Interfacial tension; Mathematical modeling; Microbial enhanced oil recovery; Porous media; Reactive transport; Relative permeability; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POROUS MEDIA; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SURFACTANT;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

BACTERIUM; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; SURFACTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78149497206     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9592-x     Document Type: Article

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