Simulation of two phase flow in reservoir rocks using a lattice Boltzmann method

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 2561-2576

  Ramstad, Thomas ^a   Øren, Pål Eric ^a   Bakke, Stig ^b  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^b Numerical Rocks AS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; ANNULAR FLOWS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CAPILLARY PRESSURE CURVES; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CIRCULAR TUBES; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FLUID SOLID INTERACTION; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN MODELS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; MEASURED DATA; NON-CIRCULAR; NON-WETTING; POROUS MEDIA; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; VISCOUS COUPLING EFFECTS; WETTING EFFECT; WETTING PHASE; WETTING PROPERTY; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CENTRIFUGATION; DROP FORMATION; FLUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROUS MATERIALS; WETTING;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 78349253852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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